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Persisting intrahospital transmission of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and challenges for infection control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2019

Isabelle Vock  and
Sarah Tschudin-Sutter Open the ORCID record for Sarah Tschudin-Sutter [Opens in a new window]
Isabelle Vock
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Sarah Tschudin-Sutter*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
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Author for correspondence: Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, MD, MSc, Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

In the past several decades, the incidence of Klebsiella pneumoniae harboring resistance mechanisms against multiple antibiotic agents has increased on a global scale. We discuss reasons for ongoing transmission of multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae in healthcare settings, which has resulted in the successful spread and establishment of this pathogen. It is now one of the most important causes of healthcare-associated infections worldwide.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 8 , August 2019 , pp. 904 - 909
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: The content of this review was presented in part as an invited oral presentation at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases on April 23, 2018, in Madrid, Spain.

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