Healthcare-associated carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections: Risk factors, mortality, and antimicrobial susceptibility, 2017–2019

Background: In Taiwan, carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) now became a leading cause of difficult-to-treat healthcare-associated infection, for which there are a lack of recent hospital epidemiological studies on risk factors, mortality, and antimicrobial susceptibility. Methods: We p...

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Main Authors: Jen-Yu Hsu, Yu-Chung Chuang, Jann-Tay Wang, Yee-Chun Chen, Szu-Min Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664621001716