Prolonged Use of Ertapenem to Treat Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers | Zendy

Ashwin Algudkar | Zendy; Gidon Ellis | Zendy; Fareeduddin Ahmad | Zendy; H Tindall | Zendy

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Prolonged Use of Ertapenem to Treat Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Author(s) -

Ashwin Algudkar,

Gidon Ellis,

Fareeduddin Ahmad,

H Tindall

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2010/149591

Subject(s) - ertapenem , medicine , diabetic foot , antibiotics , foot (prosody) , surgery , diabetes mellitus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , meropenem , antibiotic resistance , endocrinology , linguistics , philosophy

We present the case of a diabetic man who was successfully treated with ertapenem for over 4 months for severe infection of his foot ulcers. After initial unsuccessful treatment with empirical intravenous antibiotics, ertapenem was started on microbiology advice and led to a marked improvement in the soft-tissue infection. Ertapenem was continued for a total of 137 days under close clinical and biochemical monitoring and produced a complete resolution of the foot infection. This is the first documented case that we know of in which ertapenem has been safely used for this duration of time.

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