Risk factors for infection and predictors of mortality among patients with KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit.
Matthaios Papadimitriou-OlivgerisMarkos MarangosMyrto ChristofidouFotini FligouChristina BartzavaliEleftheria S PanteliSophia VamvakopoulouKriton S FilosEvangelos D AnastassiouPublished in: Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases (2014)
Many risk factors are involved in KPC-Kp BSI among ICU patients. The high mortality in patients with KPC-KP BSI in the ICU requires the implementation of appropriate infection control measures.
Keyphrases
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- risk factors
- multidrug resistant
- escherichia coli
- end stage renal disease
- intensive care unit
- cardiovascular events
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- primary care
- healthcare
- mechanical ventilation
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- patient reported outcomes
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation