A one-year survey of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Italy: beyond the ICU

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015 Feb;21(2):e11-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2014.09.012. Epub 2014 Oct 29.

¹ Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Laboratory of Microbiology, SS Antonio, Biagio and C. Arrigo Hospital, Alessandria, Italy.
³ Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Infection Control Unit, Rivoli Hospital, Rivoli, Turin, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; Servizio Regionale di Riferimento per l'Epidemiologia, SSEpi-SeREMI, ASL AL, Alessandria, Italy.
⁵ Department of Public Health Sciences and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Italy.
⁶ Department of Medical Sciences, Infectious Diseases, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
⁷ Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Turin, Italy.

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Keywords: Epidemiology; ICU; Italy; KPC; internal medicine; klebsiella pneumoniae; resistance.

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