Title |
A hospital-based matched case–control study to identify clinical outcome and risk factors associated with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-13-80 |
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Authors |
Luci Correa, Marines Dalla Valle Martino, Itacy Siqueira, Jacyr Pasternak, Ana Cristina Gales, Claudia Vallone Silva, Thiago Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, Patricia Faria Scherer, Alexandre Rodrigues Marra |
Abstract |
Healthcare-associated infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates are increasing and few effective antibiotics are currently available to treat patients. We observed decreased carbapenem susceptibility among K. pneumoniae isolated from patients at a tertiary private hospital that showed a phenotype compatible with carbapenemase production although this group of enzymes was not detected in any sample. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology and clinical outcomes associated with carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae and to determine the antimicrobial resistance mechanisms. |
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