%0 Journal Article
%T Prolonged febrile illness due to CTX-M-15 extendedspectrum ¦Â-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in Nigeria
%A Oladipo A. Aboderin
%A Olufemi Adefehinti
%A Babatunde W. Odetoyin
%A Amadin A. Olotu
%J African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
%D 2011
%I AOSIS OpenJournals
%R 10.4102/ajlm.v1i1.16
%X We report on an 8-year-old patient with septicaemia unresponsive to therapy for five weeks. Undetected, extended-spectrum ¦Â-lactamase (ESBL) production by the infecting Klebsiella strain was regarded as responsible for treatment failure. Intravenously administered imipenem during the sixth week led to sustained resolution of fever. Resource-limited hospitals can incur prohibitive costs from ESBL-producer infections because of diagnostic limitations and consequent treatment failure involving prolonged supportive therapy.
%K septicaemia
%K CTX-M-15
%K Klebsiella pneumoniae
%K Nigeria
%U http://www.ajlmonline.org/index.php/ajlm/article/view/16