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Risk factors and clinical significance of ertapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in hospitalised patients.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 May 2011
Orsi G B, García-Fernández A, Giordano A, Venditti C, Bencardino A, Gianfreda R, Falcone M, Carattoli A, Venditti M
Abstract excerpt
Ertapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (ER-Kp) is an emerging healthcare-associated pathogen. In order to identify risk factors associated with ER-Kp acquisition, the records of 100 patients from whom K. pneumoniae had been isolated between July 2008 and December 2009 were reviewed. These comprised 38 with ER-Kp (28 infected, 10 colonised) and 62 with ertapenem-susceptible K. pneumoniae (ES-Kp) (43 infected,...
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