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Editorial
. 2019 Dec;7(Suppl 8):S325.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.09.130.

Prevention and control of intensive care unit-acquired carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: need for a multimodal approach

Arta Karruli  1 , Roberto Andini  1 , Antonio Corcione  2 , Emanuele Durante-Mangoni  1
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Editorial

Prevention and control of intensive care unit-acquired carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: need for a multimodal approach

Arta Karruli et al. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: E Durante-Mangoni received grant support and speaker’s honoraria from Pfizer, MSD, Angelini, Bio-Merieux, Abbvie, Sanofi-Aventis, Medtronic, and DiaSorin. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Effective interventions in prevention of CRKP spread. CRKP, carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.
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