Background and aim A multicentre nationwide surveillance study was conducted in Greek
hospitals to evaluate epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae …

Background Previous studies showed that the epidemic of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella
pneumoniae (CR-KP) observed in Italy since 2010 was sustained mostly by strains of clonal …

Resistance patterns and carbapenemase gene presence among Klebsiella pneumoniae
isolates from the University General Hospital of Patras, Greece during a ten-year period …

Objectives To provide, for the first time, data on the molecular epidemiology of
carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from the northern region …

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are emerging as a public health problem
in various settings. In Italy, a rapid and remarkable increase of carbapenem-non-susceptible …

Background The aim of this study was to characterize the spread of carbapenemase-
producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPKP) in a tertiary level hospital using ongoing active …

This study presents the first characterization of carbapenem-non-susceptible Klebsiella
pneumoniae isolates by means of a structured six-month survey performed in Romania as …

We report 570 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPKP) clinical isolates in
a 1,040-bed Greek tertiary hospital during 2004 to 2010. The first CPKP (VIM-producing) …

Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CPKP) emerged in Greece in 2002 and
became endemic thereafter. Driven by a notable variability in the phenotypic testing results …

Background Gaps in the diagnostic capacity and heterogeneity of national surveillance and
reporting standards in Europe make it difficult to contain carbapenemase-producing …