Infections caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: differences in therapy and mortality in a multicentre study
Author(s) -
Mario Tumbarello,
Enrico Maria Trecarichi,
Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa,
Maddalena Giannella,
Daniele Roberto Giacobbe,
Matteo Bassetti,
Angela Raffaella Losito,
Michele Bartoletti,
Valerio Del Bono,
Silvia Corcione,
G. Maiuro,
Sara Tedeschi,
Luigi Celani,
Chiara Simona Cardellino,
Teresa Spanu,
Anna Marchese,
Simone Ambretti,
Roberto Cauda,
Claudio Viscoli,
Pierluigi Viale
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkv086
Subject(s) - medicine , septic shock , klebsiella pneumoniae , retrospective cohort study , mortality rate , cohort , respiratory tract infections , sepsis , respiratory system , biology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
Infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) carbapenemase (KPC)-producing strains of Kp have become a significant threat in recent years. To assess their outcomes and identify risk factors for 14 day mortality, we conducted a 4 year (2010-13) retrospective cohort study in five large Italian teaching hospitals.
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