Objectives We evaluated the association of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing K. pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) rectal colonisation with crude mortality and whether this association is independent of the risk of KPC-Kp infection. Methods This was a prospective cohort study of patients followed-up 90 days after a study of rectal colonisation....
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November 18, 2022 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: December 4, 2022
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October 19, 2022 (v1)Publication
Objectives To monitor quantitatively the extent of intestinal colonisation by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-Kp) in colonised patients who receive selective digestive decontamination (SDD) with oral gentamicin. Methods We developed a real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) method for determination of the relative load of blaKPC (RLKPC)...
Uploaded on: March 24, 2023