Infections caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: differences in therapy and mortality in a multicentre study

Mario Tumbarello, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Maddalena Giannella, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Matteo Bassetti, Angela Raffaella Losito, Michele Bartoletti, Valerio Del Bono, Silvia Corcione, Giuseppe Maiuro, Sara Tedeschi, Luigi Celani, Chiara Simona Cardellino, Teresa Spanu, Anna Marchese, Simone Ambretti, Roberto Cauda, Claudio Viscoli, Pierluigi Viale

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Abstract

Infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) carbapenemase (KPC)-producing strains of Kp have become a significant threat in recent years. To assess their outcomes and identify risk factors for 14 day mortality, we conducted a 4 year (2010-13) retrospective cohort study in five large Italian teaching hospitals.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)2133-2143
Numero di pagine11
RivistaJournal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Volume70
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2015

Keywords

  • carbapenem resistance
  • carbapenemases
  • colistin resistance
  • combination therapy
  • inadequate empirical therapy
  • meropenem MICs
  • treatment

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