Incidence of carbapenem-resistant gram negatives in Italian transplant recipients: a nationwide surveillance study.

Bacterial infections remain a challenge to solid organ transplantation. Due to the alarming spread of carbapenem-resistant gram negative bacteria, these organisms have been frequently recognized as cause of severe infections in solid organ transplant recipients.Between 15 May and 30 September 2012 w...

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Main Authors: Simone Lanini, Alessandro Nanni Costa, Vincenzo Puro, Francesco Procaccio, Paolo Antonio Grossi, Francesca Vespasiano, Andrea Ricci, Sergio Vesconi, Michael G Ison, Yehuda Carmeli, Giuseppe Ippolito, Donor-Recipient Infection (DRIn) Collaborative Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4383484?pdf=render