refractory clostridium difficile infection successfully treated with tigecycline, rifaximin, and vancomycin
;Dominador Lao;Tom Chiang;Eric Gomez
Frontiers in pharmacology2012Vol. 2012pp. -
130
lao2012caserefractory
Abstract
The occurrence of Clostridium difficile colitis is on the rise and has become more difficult to manage with standard therapy. Thus, the need for alternative treatments is essential. Tigecycline is a glycylcycline antibiotic that has been shown to be effective against C. difficile through several published case reports and in in vitro studies. We present a case of C. difficile colitis that failed to respond to metronidazole and oral vancomycin therapy, but improved on a combination of rifaximin, tigecycline, and vancomycin.