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. 2017 Oct 2:6:102.
doi: 10.1186/s13756-017-0256-2. eCollection 2017.

Clinical and molecular characteristics, risk factors and outcomes of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit

Xia Zheng  1 , Jian-Feng Wang  2 , Wang-Lan Xu  3 , Jun Xu  1 , Juan Hu  1
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Clinical and molecular characteristics, risk factors and outcomes of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit

Xia Zheng et al. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. .

Abstract

Background: To analyze the clinical characteristics and outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKp) and carbapenem-susceptible K. pneumoniae (CSKp) bloodstream infections (BSIs), and to study the risk factors for development of CRKp BSI and K. pneumoniae BSI-related mortality.

Methods: A retrospective case control study of patients with K. pneumoniae BSI was conducted in the intensive care unit of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical of College, Zhejiang University from January 2013 to December 2014. Carbapenem resistance was defined in accordance with the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute 2016 guidelines. Risk factors for the development of CRKp BSI and risk factors for mortality due to K. pneumoniae BSI were assessed. Virulence genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction assay.

Results: In total, 48 patients were enrolled in the study, including 31 (65%) patients with CRKp BSI and 17 (35%) patients with CSKp BSI. CSKp infection was associated with more severe clinical symptoms, particularly a higher serum creatinine level (165.06 ± 127.01 in the CSKp group vs. 93.77 ± 84.35 μmol/L in the CRKp group, p = 0.039), but there was no significant difference in prognosis between the CSKp and CRKp groups. On multivariate analysis, indwelling central venous catheter (p = 0.045) was the only factor independently associated with CRKp bacteremia. However, the mortality of K. pneumoniae BSI patients was not correlated with carbapenem resistance. In addition, the isolates had diverse clonality and different origins. The frequency of detection of the allS and magA virulence genes was higher in the CSKp group than in the CRKp group (alls p = 0.04; magA p = 0.047).

Conclusions: Patients in the CSKp group experienced more severe clinical symptoms, although mortality did not differ significantly between the CRKp and CSKp groups. An indwelling central venous catheter was the only factor independently associated with CRKp BSI. The mortality of patients with K. pneumoniae BSI was not associated with carbapenem resistance. The frequency of virulence genes was higher in the CSKp group than in the CRKp group.

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This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University. This research was conducted in compliance with the tenets of the Helsinki Declaration.

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) results. Pulsotypes of 33 K. pneumoniae blood isolates. The PFGE patterns revealed that the 33 isolates had different origins
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) results. Eighteen sequence types (STs) of 33 K. pneumoniae blood isolates. MLST indicated considerable clonal diversity; 18 STs were detected, of which ST11 comprised the majority
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