Burden of severe infections due to carbapenem-resistant pathogens in intensive care unit
| Autor: | Pace, Maria Caterina, Corrente, Antonio, Passavanti, Maria Beatrice, Sansone, Pasquale, Petrou, Stephen, Leone, Sebastiano, Fiore, Marco |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Prevention
General Medicine Antimicrobial resistance Carbapenem-resistance Multidisciplinary critical care Vaccine Related PDR Infectious Diseases Emerging Infectious Diseases Good Health and Well Being Biodefense 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment Intensive care unit Multidrug-resistant Patient Safety Aetiology Infection |
| Zdroj: | World journal of clinical cases, vol 11, iss 13 |
| ISSN: | 2307-8960 |
| Popis: | Intensive care units (ICU) for various reasons, including the increasing age of admitted patients, comorbidities, and increasingly complex surgical procedures (e.g., transplants), have become "the epicenter" of nosocomial infections, these are characterized by the presence of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) as the cause of infection. Therefore, the perfect match of fragile patients and MDROs, as the cause of infection, makes ICU mortality very high. Furthermore, carbapenems were considered for years as last-resort antibiotics for the treatment of infections caused by MDROs; unfortunately, nowadays carbapenem resistance, mainly among Gram-negative pathogens, is a matter of the highest concern for worldwide public health. This comprehensive review aims to outline the problem from the intensivist's perspective, focusing on the new definition and epidemiology of the most common carbapenem-resistant MDROs (Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacterales) to emphasize the importance of the problem that must be permeating clinicians dealing with these diseases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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