The clinical significance of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae rectal colonization in critically ill patients: from colonization to bloodstream infection.

CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that hospitalized patients become infected with their colonizing strains, supporting the strong association between colonization and BSI. Limiting antianaerobic antimicrobial administration, reducing the duration of ICU stay and maintaining a low patient/nurse ratio are possible strategies to restrict rectal CRKP colonization in ICUs. PMID: 30688629 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research