A 52-year-old male was admitted to a local hospital with complaints of gangrene on the right heel. The gangrene had developed due to a 15-day-old nail prick. Earlier, the patient had received treatment from the same hospital at the time of the nail prick. The patient’s medical history revealed that he was diabetic and allergic to penicillin. After clinical examination, the patient was administered an intravenous injection of ceftazidime without performing ceftazidime skin testing prior to drug administration.
Subsequently, the patient developed breathing difficulty and chest pain, with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 3/15. The patient was immediately transferred to a tertiary care hospital. At the tertiary care hospital, the patient was found to be tachycardic (heart rate of 130 beats/min) with the presence of a weak and thready pulse. The patient was provisionally diagnosed with acute…
