Early carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia: should we expand the screening?

D R Giacobbe; V Del Bono; A Marchese; C Viscoli

doi:10.1111/1469-0691.12804

Early carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia: should we expand the screening?

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014 Dec;20(12):O1157-8. doi: 10.1111/1469-0691.12804. Epub 2014 Dec 14.

Authors

D R Giacobbe¹, V Del Bono, A Marchese, C Viscoli

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, IRCCS San Martino University Hospital - IST, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

PMID: 25366247
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12804

No abstract available

Keywords: KPC; Klebsiella pneumoniae; acrive screening; carbapenem resistance; carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae; carbapenemases; infection control.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / analysis*
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
Enterobacteriaceae / genetics*
Humans
beta-Lactamases / analysis*
beta-Lactamases / genetics*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
beta-Lactamases