Frontiers in Pharmacology
Aztreonam–avibactam therapy following surgical source control for blaNDM-positive carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae intra-abdominal infection in an infant: a case report
Treating carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is challenging, particularly when resistance is mediated by New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM). Clinical experience with fixed-combination aztreonam–avibactam (ATM–AVI) in young infants remains extremely limited. Here, we report a case of a 2-month-old boy who underwent emergency laparotomy for intestinal obstruction owing to small bowel volvulus with segmental necrosis, followed by bowel resection and reanastomosis. His postoperative course was complicate …