A Post-Neurosurgical Infection due to KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Treated with Meropenem-Vaborbactam: A Case Report

Abstract

This case report describes a patient with post-neurosurgical infection and bacteremia caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. There is limited evidence to guide antibiotic treatment decisions for such infections. The patient was treated with meropenem-vaborbactam (MEV). MEV monotherapy was associated with bacteremia clearance.

Keywords

• Meropenem-vaborbactam
• Post-neurosurgical
• Carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales
• Central nervous system
• Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase