Early carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia: Should we expand the screening?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages O1157-O1158

  Giacobbe, D R ^a   Del Bono, V ^a   Marchese, A ^a   Viscoli, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

KPC; Acrive screening; Carbapenem resistance; Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae; Carbapenemases; Infection control; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY CARBAPENEM RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LOW RISK WARD; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SELECTIVE SCREENING; WARD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS;

EID: 84920451329     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12804     Document Type: Letter

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