Infection with Panresistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae: a Report of 2 Cases and a Brief Review of the Literature

Overview

Journal Clin Infect Dis

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2009 Jun 17

PMID 19527172

Citations 78

Authors

Azza Elemam

Joseph Rahimian

William Mandell

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Abstract

Infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae have been reported with increasing frequency, thereby limiting the choice of effective antimicrobial agents available to clinicians. This has prompted the increased use of polymyxins and tigecycline, but resistance to these agents is already emerging. We report 2 cases of infection with panresistant K. pneumoniae.

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