Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Florence Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

Effect of combination therapy containing a high dose carbapenem on mortality in patients with carbapenem-resistant klebs...

Published in International journal of antimicrobial agents

In patients receiving combination therapy for CR-KP BSI, the use of HD carbapenem seems to be associated with better outcome also in presence of high level of carbapenem resistance.