Volume 20, Number 7—July 2014
Letter
Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Hematologic Malignancies
Table
Prevalence and attributable mortality rate of BSI, Rome, Italy, 2009–2012*
Year
Any gram-negative bacteria
Non-KPC–producing K. pneumoniae
KPC-producing K. pneumoniae
BSI, no.
Deaths, no. (%)
BSI, no.
Deaths, no. (%)
BSI, no.
Deaths, no. (%)
2009
30
5 (16.6)
1
0
0
0
2010
39
7 (17.9)
2
0
1
1 (100)
2011
41
9 (24.3)
5
1 (20)
13
7 (53.8)
2012
37
11 (29.7)
4
1 (25)
12
7 (58.3)
Total
147
32 (21.7)
12
2 (16.6)
26
15 (57.6)
*BSI, bloodstream infections; KPC, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase.