Use of Active Surveillance Cultures to Detect Asymptomatic Colonization With Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Use of Active Surveillance Cultures to Detect Asymptomatic Colonization With Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Intensive Care Unit Patients
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DOI：
10.1086/590661
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发表时间：
2008-10-01
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Jenkins, Stephen G.
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作者：
Calfee, David;Jenkins, Stephen G.
耐碳青霉烯肺炎克雷伯菌正在成为一种重要的卫生保健相关病原体。临床培养只检测到一小部分定植人群，无症状定植的患者有侵袭性感染的风险。需要进一步研究发现无症状定植对后续感染和传播的影响。
Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is emerging as a significant healthcare-associated pathogen. Clinical cultures detect only a fraction of the colonized population, and patients with asymptomatic colonization are at risk of invasive infection. Additional study of the impact of detection of asymptomatic colonization on subsequent infection and transmission is needed.