The High mortality and antimicrobial resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia in northern Taiwan
Author(s) -
ChyiLiang Chen,
Pin-Chun Hou,
Yunting Wang,
Hao-Yuan Lee,
Yingli Zhou,
TingShu Wu,
Rajendra Prasad Janapatla,
Chien-Chang Yang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.11524
Subject(s) - ertapenem , tigecycline , amikacin , medicine , klebsiella pneumoniae , bacteremia , ampicillin , microbiology and biotechnology , drug resistance , multiple drug resistance , sulbactam , mortality rate , colistin , meropenem , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , biology , imipenem , biochemistry , escherichia coli , gene
Klebsiella pneumoniae, a common hospital- and community-acquired pathogen, is notorious for multidrug resistance. This study aimed to better understand the correlation of clinical presentation and microbiological characteristics of the isolates causing bloodstream infections (BSIs) in Taiwan.
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