Risk factors and survival of patients infected with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a KPC endemic setting: a case-control and cohort study.

Astrid V Cienfuegos-GalletAna M Ocampo de Los RíosPatricia Sierra VianaFaiver Ramirez BrinezCarlos Restrepo CastroGustavo Roncancio VillamilHelena Del Corral LondoñoJ Natalia Jiménez

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)

Short antibiotic courses had the potential to reduce the selection and transmission of CRKP. A high burden in mortality occurred in patients infected with CRKP in a KPC endemic setting and CRKP leads to increased mortality via inappropriate antibiotic treatment. Furthermore, dissemination of recognized hypervirulent clones could add to the list of challenges for antibiotic resistance control.

Keyphrases

klebsiella pneumoniae
risk factors
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
escherichia coli
multidrug resistant
prognostic factors
cardiovascular events
type diabetes
case control
risk assessment
climate change