Reduced Incidence of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections in Cardiac Surgery Patients after Implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Project

• Main Authors: Daniele Roberto Giacobbe (Author), Antonio Salsano (Author), Filippo Del Puente (Author), Francesco Campanini (Author), Giovanni Mariscalco (Author), Anna Marchese (Author), Claudio Viscoli (Author), Francesco Santini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Infections due to carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-Kp) are associated with increased mortality in cardiac surgery patients. In this short communication, we report on the changes in the incidence of CR-Kp colonization and CR-Kp infection in cardiac surgery patients from 2014 to 2018 in...