Infections caused by KPC-producing <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> : differences in therapy and mortality in a multicentre study

Tumbarello, Mario; Maria Trecarichi, Enrico; Giuseppe De Rosa, Francesco; Giannella, Maddalena; Roberto Giacobbe, Daniele; Bassetti, Matteo; Raffaella Losito, Angela; Bartoletti, Michele; Del Bono, Valerio; Corcione, Silvia; Maiuro, G.; Tedeschi, Sara; Celani, Luigi; Simona Cardellino, Chiara; Spanu, Teresa; Marchese, Anna; Ambretti, Simone; Cauda, Roberto; Viscoli, Claudio; Viale, Pierluigi; behalf of ISGRI-SITA (Italian Study Group on Resistant Infections of the Società Italiana Terapia Antinfettiva), on

doi:10.1093/jac/dkv086

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Infections caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae : differences in therapy and mortality in a multicentre study

Published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy • Apr 21, 2015

Authors:

Mario Tumbarello

Enrico Maria Trecarichi

Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: 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 ...

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Medicine

Internal medicine

Septic shock

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