Trends in the annual incidence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections: A 8-year retrospective study in a large teaching hospital in northern Italy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Alicino, Cristiano ^a   Giacobbe, Daniele Roberto ^a   Orsi, Andrea ^a   Tassinari, Federico ^a   Trucchi, Cecilia ^a   Sarteschi, Giovanni ^a   Copello, Francesco ^a   Del Bono, Valerio ^a   Viscoli, Claudio ^a   Icardi, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae; Incidence

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREND STUDY; BACTEREMIA; DRUG EFFECTS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; CARBAPENEMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84944057059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1152-0     Document Type: Article

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