Open AccessThe clinical significance of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae rectal colonization in critically ill patients: from colonization to bloodstream infection
Author(s) -
Κωνσταντίνα Κοντοπούλου,
Εlias Iosifidis,
Eleni Antoniadou,
Polychronis Tasioudis,
Efthymia Petinaki,
Ergina Malli,
Symeon Metallidis,
Alkiviadis Vatopoulos,
Nikolaos Malisiovas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000921
Subject(s) - colonization , klebsiella pneumoniae , antibiotics , intensive care unit , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , gene , escherichia coli , biochemistry
To highlight the clinical significance of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) rectal colonization by examining the risk factors for CRKP rectal colonization and subsequent bloodstream infection (BSI) in critically ill patients.