Infection with PanresistantKlebsiella pneumoniae:A Report of 2 Cases and a Brief Review of the Literature | Zendy

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Infection with PanresistantKlebsiella pneumoniae:A Report of 2 Cases and a Brief Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Azza Elemam,

Joseph Rahimian,

William Mandell

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/600042

Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , tigecycline , medicine , polymyxin , limiting , antimicrobial , intensive care medicine , klebsiella infections , infection control , microbiology and biotechnology , minocycline , colistin , antibiotics , biology , escherichia coli , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , gene , engineering

Infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae have been reported with increasing frequency, thereby limiting the choice of effective antimicrobial agents available to clinicians. This has prompted the increased use of polymyxins and tigecycline, but resistance to these agents is already emerging. We report 2 cases of infection with panresistant K. pneumoniae.

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