Tigecycline-induced acute pancreatitis in a renal transplant patient: a case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this case report is to increase the awareness of tigecycline-induced pancreatitis specifically in renal transplant patients predisposed to the condition.

Case presentation

A 48-year-old woman developed a donor-derived infection after kidney transplantation, resulting in a ruptured graft renal artery, followed by peritoneal drainage, blood and urine culture infections. Due to multiple drug resistance Acinetobacter baumannii cultured from the preservation fluid and blood, she was treated with tigecycline at the 8th post-transplant day combined with other antibiotics. After 15 days of tigecycline treatment, she was observed with recurrent fever and abdominal distension with a rise in pancreatic enzymes. CT scans showed acute pancreatitis with grade D o

SUBMITTER: Lin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5930510 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature