Epidemiology, mortality and risk factors for patients with K. pneumoniae bloodstream infections: Clinical impact of carbapenem resistance in a tertiary university teaching hospital of Beijing

• Main Authors: Guojie Zhang (Author), Meng Zhang (Author), Fangyan Sun (Author), Jiong Zhou (Author), Yao Wang (Author), Dawei Zhu (Author), Zheng Chen (Author), Qian Chen (Author), Qing Chang (Author), Haimin Liu (Author), Wenzhao Chai (Author), Hui Pan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: This study compared the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant (CRKP) and carbapenem-sensitive (CSKP) K. pneumoniae bloodstream infections (BSIs), and assessed risk factors for 28-day mortality of patients with K. pneumoniae BSIs. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a 20...