Open AccessCarbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae endocarditis in a young adult
Author(s) -
Shmuel Benenson,
Shiri NavonVenezia,
Yehuda Carmeli,
Amos Adler,
Jacob Strahilevitz,
Allon E. Moses,
Colin Block
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.01.006
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , colistin , endocarditis , gentamicin , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , carbapenem , antibiotics , bacteremia , biology , escherichia coli , biochemistry , gene
Enterobacteriaceae are rarely the etiologic agents of endocarditis, with Klebsiella species being especially rare. From the end of 2005, isolates of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae began to appear in various hospitals across Israel, sensitive only to colistin and gentamicin. We present a case of hospital-acquired endocarditis caused by carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae in a young adult.
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