Prevalence and incidence of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae colonization: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram-negative rod belonging to the order Enterobacterales and having a wide distribution in the environment, including the human colon. Recently, the bacterium is one of the known problems in the healthcare setting as it has become resistant to last-resort drugs like carbapenems. The colonized person can serve as a reservoir for his/herself and others, especially in the healthcare setting leading to nosocomial and opportunistic infections. Therefore, we aimed to quantitatively estimate the rate of prevalence and incidence of colonization with carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae.

Methods

A literature search was conducted on PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, WHO Index Medicus, and university databases. The st

SUBMITTER: Tesfa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9667607 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature