Clinical characteristics and outcome of bacteraemia caused by Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella aerogenes: more similarities than differences.

The genus Enterobacter is a common cause of nosocomial infections. Historically, the most frequent Enterobacter species were those of Enterobacter cloacae complex and Enterobacter aerogenes. In 2019, E. aerogenes was re-classified as Klebsiella aerogenes owing to its higher genotypic similarity with...

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Autores: Álvarez-Marín R, Lepe JA, Gasch-Blasi O, Rodríguez-Martínez JM, Calvo-Montes J, Lara-Contreras R, Martín-Gandul C, Tubau-Quintano F, Cano-García ME, Rodríguez-López F, Rodríguez-Baño J, Pujol-Rojo M, Torre-Cisneros J, Martínez-Martínez L, Pascual-Hernández Á, Jiménez-Mejías ME, Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases/Enterobacter spp. Bacteriemi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT)
Repositorio:r-I3PT. Repositorio Institucional Producción Científica del Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí
OAI Identifier:oai:i3pt.fundanetsuite.com:p2196
Acceso en línea:https://i3pt.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/2196
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bacteraemia, Case–control study, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella aerogenes, Quinolone resistance mechanism
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Sumario:The genus Enterobacter is a common cause of nosocomial infections. Historically, the most frequent Enterobacter species were those of Enterobacter cloacae complex and Enterobacter aerogenes. In 2019, E. aerogenes was re-classified as Klebsiella aerogenes owing to its higher genotypic similarity with the genus Klebsiella. Our objective was to characterise and compare the clinical profiles of bacteraemia caused by E. cloacae and K. aerogenes.