Is meropenem MIC increase against KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae correlated with increased resistance rates against other antimicrobials with Gram-negative activity?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8746125	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	2018	4 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The overall susceptibility rates of antimicrobials with Gram-negative activity may vary greatly among KPC-Kp clinical isolates. A tight relationship between meropenem MIC increase and the resistance rate for amikacin was documented.

Keywords

meropenem KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Aminoglycosides tigecycline Fluoroquinolones Colistin

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Is meropenem MIC increase against KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae correlated with increased resistance rates against other antimicrobials with Gram-negative activity?

Authors

Piergiorgio Cojutti, Assunta Sartor, Matteo Bassetti, Claudio Scarparo, Federico Pea,