Extensively drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia: A case report
Rationale: Extensively drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae is defined as resistant to least one antimicrobial agent in all but two or lesser antimicrobial categories. Patient concerns: A 58-year-old diabetic male was admitted with bilateral pneumonia. Sputum culture grew Klebsiella pneumoniae which...
Main Authors: | Saurabh Karmakar, Somnath Bhattacharya, Shilpi Karmakar, Deependra Kumar Rai |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Acute Disease |
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Online Access: | http://www.jadweb.org/article.asp?issn=2221-6189;year=2020;volume=9;issue=1;spage=40;epage=42;aulast=Karmakar |
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