Treatment of tularemia with imipenem/cilastatin sodium

H C Lee; E Horowitz; W Linder

doi:10.1097/00007611-199110000-00030

Treatment of tularemia with imipenem/cilastatin sodium

South Med J. 1991 Oct;84(10):1277-8. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199110000-00030.

Authors

H C Lee¹, E Horowitz, W Linder

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Neb. 68131.

PMID: 1925735
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199110000-00030

Abstract

A seriously ill patient with circulatory collapse, fever, acute renal failure, and progressive respiratory failure had dramatic improvement after treatment with imipenem/cilastatin sodium. During the treatment period, a diagnosis of tularemia was established serologically. This case suggests the efficacy of imipenem/cilastatin in the treatment of tularemia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / drug therapy
Acute Kidney Injury / etiology*
Cilastatin / therapeutic use*
Cilastatin, Imipenem Drug Combination
Drug Combinations
Humans
Imipenem / therapeutic use*
Male
Middle Aged
Tularemia / complications
Tularemia / drug therapy*

Substances

Drug Combinations
Cilastatin
Imipenem
Cilastatin, Imipenem Drug Combination