[Case Study] Keisuke Kagami and Mitsuru Sugawara “Thrombocytopenia Can be Avoided By Monitoring Linezolid Blood Levels – Enabling Long-Term Linezolid Use for the Successful Treatment of Refractory Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis” (AMR Alliance Japan, March 7, 2022)
date : 3/7/2022
Tags: AMR
![[Case Study] Keisuke Kagami and Mitsuru Sugawara “Thrombocytopenia Can be Avoided By Monitoring Linezolid Blood Levels – Enabling Long-Term Linezolid Use for the Successful Treatment of Refractory Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis” (AMR Alliance Japan, March 7, 2022)](https://hgpi.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/amr-case06-top_ENG.jpg)
As part of the Alliance’s project to promote antimicrobial steward among medical professionals, AMR Alliance Japan (Secretariat: Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)) has begun publishing case studies from various experts related to antimicrobial resistance.
Dr. Keisuke Kagami (Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital) and Dr. Mitsuru Sugawara (Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital / Laboratory of Pharmacokinetics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University) reports a case titled “Thrombocytopenia Can be Avoided By Monitoring Linezolid Blood Levels – Enabling Long-Term Linezolid Use for the Successful Treatment of Refractory Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis.”
This is the second of two case studies from AMR Alliance Japan on the usefulness of TDM for antimicrobial stewardship.
Case study 06
Dr. Keisuke Kagami (Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital)
Dr. Mitsuru Sugawara (Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital / Laboratory of Pharmacokinetics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University)
“Thrombocytopenia Can be Avoided By Monitoring Linezolid Blood Levels – Enabling Long-Term Linezolid Use for the Successful Treatment of Refractory Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis.”
For further information, please see the case study below.
Case study 01
Dr. Keiji Okinaka (Director of Infection Control and Prevention Section, National Cancer Center Hospital East / Department of General Internal Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital East /Division of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, National Cancer Center Hospital)
“A disseminated filamentous fungal infection that broke through echinocandin antifungal treatment”
Case study 04
Dr. Akari Shigemi (Division of Pharmacy / Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kagoshima University Hospital)
“The importance of proper antimicrobial use for MRSA infections – Beware of rifampicin monotherapy induced resistance”
Case study 05
Dr. Keisuke Kagami (Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital)
Dr. Mitsuru Sugawara (Department of Pharmacy, Hokkaido University Hospital / Laboratory of Pharmacokinetics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University)
“Concomitant piperacillin-tazobactam and vancomycin use increases the risk of acute kidney injury.”
![[AMR Case Study 06] Thrombocytopenia Can be Avoided By Monitoring Linezolid Blood Levels – Enabling Long-Term Linezolid Use for the Successful Treatment of Refractory Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis](/assets/img/katsudo/icon_pdf_l.png){kind=icon}
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