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

• Autors principals: Daniele Roberto Giacobbe (Autor), Antonio Salsano (Autor), Filippo Del Puente (Autor), Francesco Campanini (Autor), Giovanni Mariscalco (Autor), Anna Marchese (Autor), Claudio Viscoli (Autor), Francesco Santini (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: MDPI AG, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: 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...