Epidemiology, management, and outcome of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in hospitals within the same endemic metropolitan area

• Main Authors: Maria L. Cristina (Author), Cristiano Alicino (Author), Marina Sartini (Author), Valeria Faccio (Author), Anna M. Spagnolo (Author), Valerio D. Bono (Author), Giovanni Cassola (Author), Anna M. De Mite (Author), Maria P. Crisalli (Author), Gianluca Ottria (Author), Elisa Schinca (Author), Giuliano L. Pinto (Author), Luigi C. Bottaro (Author), Claudio Viscoli (Author), Andrea Orsi (Author), Daniele R. Giacobbe (Author), Giancarlo Icardi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In the last decade, carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-Kp) has become endemic in several countries, including Italy. In the present study, we assessed the differences in epidemiology, management, and mortality of CR-Kp bloodstream infection (BSI) in the three main adult acute-care hospit...