Post-neurosurgical meningitis caused by KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: report of two cases

Nosocomial bacterial infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is associated with high mortality in neurosurgical patients. There are few reports in the literature on meningitis caused by CRKP. We report two cases of CRKP meningitis after neurosurgery. The K. pneumoniae...

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Autores principales: Patrial, Yasmin Coelho, Tortorelli, Luma Petri, Rodrigues, Ana Claudia Souza, Santos, Ivson Cassiano de Oliveira, Volpe-Chaves, Cláudia Elizabeth, Capato, Gislaine Souza, Barbosa, Gustavo Augusto Ribeiro, Carvalho-Assef, Ana Paula D’Alincourt, Chang, Marilene Rodrigues
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6907419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31859846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201961069

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6907419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31859846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946201961069

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