Open AccessIncidence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of patients with hypermucoviscoid Klebsiella in a tertiary intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Vimal Bhardwaj,
VM Annapandian,
Annie Rofeena Sinazer,
Arjun Alva,
Shiva Prasad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_145_19
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , intensive care unit , diabetes mellitus , odds ratio , klebsiella pneumoniae , mortality rate , klebsiella , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , escherichia coli , optics , gene , endocrinology
Hypermucoviscoid Klebsiella (hvKP), a dreaded variant of Klebsiella, so far, fewer cases were reported from the community. This study was designed to evaluate the incidence of hvKP isolates, risk factors for hvKP infections, antibiotic sensitivity pattern and clinical outcome including morbidity and mortality.