Research Article: Prediction of -Day Mortality Using the Quick Pitt Bacteremia Score in Hospitalized Patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection
Introduction:
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram-negative, encapsulated bacterium that usually colonizes the human gastrointestinal tract mucosal surface, but may cause extraintestinal opportunistic infections in the urinary tract, lung, brain, or bloodstream, especially in immunocompromised status. , K. pneumoniae is an important causative pathogen in approximately % of nosocomial infections, resulting in poor prognosis owing to its hypervirulence and antibiotic resistance. , It has been estimated that the mortality rate of…
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