Mortality difference from Klebsiella aerogenes vs Enterobacter cloacae bloodstream infections. Issue 2 (27th February 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chou, Andrew; Sucgang, Richard; Hamill, Richard J.; Zechiedrich, Lynn; Trautner, Barbara W.
• Is Part Of: Access microbiology. Volume 5:Issue 2(2023)
• Publication Date: 2023-02-27
• Subjects: enterobacterales -- genus -- clinical -- outcome -- bacteraemia; Microbiology -- Periodicals; 579
• DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000421
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2516-8290

Abstract

Abstract : Members of the order Enterobacterales, including Escherichia coli, Klebsiella species and Enterobacter species, are important pathogens in healthcare-associated infections. Higher mortality has been reported from infections due to Klebsiella pneumoniae than from E. coli, but prior studies comparing Enterobacter aerogenes (recently renamed Klebsiella aerogenes ) bacteraemia and Enterobacter cloacae complex bacteraemia have yielded conflicting results regarding whether clinical outcomes differ. We found bacteraemia with K. aerogenes was independently associated with greater risk of 30-day mortality than bacteraemia with Enterobacter cloacae complex.