Klebsiella pneumoniae resistentes a los carbapenémicos en infecciones intrahospitalarias, una revisión en Latinoamérica

Jennifer Dayana Erazo Bravo; Evelyn Katherine Jaramillo Ruales

doi:10.56294/saludcyt2023478

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Published: 2023-07-24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56294/saludcyt2023478

Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in nosocomial infections, a review in Latin America

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to determine the presence of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in nosocomial infections in Latin America and to analyze its frequency and tendency in Latin America.
Methods: This study is a literature review; it was carried out through exhaustive research in different databases, Analytical and descriptive cohort studies, meta-analysis, and some clinical trials related to the presence of nosocomial infections caused by carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae and the genes responsible for this resistance were included.
Results: Twenty-two articles were selected from different databases from Latin American countries; In addition, the percentages of resistance to carbapenems in K. pneumoniae in these countries and its trend before and during the COVID-19 pandemic were identified.
Conclusions Resistance to carbapenems in K. pneumoniae was determined as a public health problem in Latin America, considered a limiting factor in treating patients with infections caused by Enterobacter. In addition, it was identified that KPC is the main gene responsible for carbapenem resistance.

Keywords:

Klebsiella pneumoniae,

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae,

Imipenem,

Meropenem,

Clinical Epidemiology,

How to Cite

Erazo Bravo JD, Jaramillo Ruales EK. Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in nosocomial infections, a review in Latin America. Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología [Internet]. 2023 Jul. 24 [cited 2024 Jul. 27];3:478. Available from: https://revista.saludcyt.ar/ojs/index.php/sct/article/view/478

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