A one-year survey of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy: Beyond the ICU

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e11-e13

  Corcione, S ^a   Rocchetti, A ^b   Argentero, P A ^a,c   Raso, R ^a,d   Zotti, C M ^e   De Rosa, F G ^a   Ghisetti, V ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (Italy)

^c Rivoli Hospital   (Italy)

^d ASL AL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f AMEDEO DI SAVOIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; ICU; Internal medicine; Italy; Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BENZENEBORONIC ACID; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; TIGECYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE; MINOCYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPSILOMETER TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WARD; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; COLISTIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GENTAMICINS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE;

EID: 84923036833     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.09.012     Document Type: Letter

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