Elena Salamanca-Rivera, Zaira R Palacios-Baena, Javier E Cañada, Zaira Moure, María Pérez-Vázquez, Jorge Calvo-Montes, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Rafael Cantón, Guillermo Ruiz Carrascoso, Cristina Pitart, Ferran Navarro, Germán Bou, Xavier Mulet, Juan José González-López, Fran Sivianes, Mercedes Delgado-Valverde, Álvaro Pascual, Jesús Oteo-Iglesias, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño
BACKGROUND: Community-acquired (CA) and healthcare-associated (HCA) infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) are not well characterized. The objective was to provide detailed information about the clinical and molecular epidemiological features of nosocomial, HCA and CA infections caused by carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CP-Kp) and Escherichia coli (CP-Ec). METHODS: A prospective cohort study was performed in 59 Spanish hospitals from February to March 2019, including the first 10 consecutive patients from whom CP-Kp or CP-Ec were isolated...
May 4, 2024: Infection