Klebsiella pneumoniae as a nosocomial pathogen: epidemiology and drug resistance

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Cataño Correa Universidad de Antioquia
  • Lina María Echeverri Toro Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iatreia.13913

Keywords:

Beta-lactamic antibiotics, Betalactamases, Carbapenemases, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Nosocomial infections

Abstract

Worldwide, bacterial resistance is an increasingly serious problem, especially in hospital environments. Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli are the most frequently isolated microorganisms in patients with nosocomial infections. In Medellín, Colombia, however, Klebsiella pneumoniae has become increasingly important in this kind of infection, for which reason this review was carried out.

It includes the following aspects: microbiology, epidemiology, dissemination, resistance to betalactamic antibiotics and its mechanisms, clinical impact and importance of the problem in this city.

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Author Biographies

Juan Carlos Cataño Correa, Universidad de Antioquia

Internista e Infectólogo, Profesor de la Sección de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.

Lina María Echeverri Toro, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Médica CES, Residente de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paúl, y Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia.

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Published

2012-12-06

How to Cite

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Cataño Correa JC, Echeverri Toro LM. Klebsiella pneumoniae as a nosocomial pathogen: epidemiology and drug resistance. Iatreia [Internet]. 2012 Dec. 6 [cited 2025 Feb. 8];23(3):Pág. 240-249. Available from: https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iatreia/article/view/13913

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 3

Section

Review articles

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