K pneumoniae

Objective. To study antimicrobial effect of extracellular metabolites of probiotic L. plantarum 8P-A3 strain on antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from infected wounds. Materials and Methods. Bacteriological methods: semiquantitative sector method for extracting opportunistic microorganisms from an infected wound; a method for the identification of the antimicrobial activity of metabolites in a liquid milieu; The identification of bacteria was implemented with the help of the MALDI-TOF Autoflex mass spectrometer (Bruker Daltonics, Germany).

Objective. To evaluate frequency of pharyngeal and rectal mucosa colonization by K. pneumoniae strains in infants with congenital heart defects at the stage of cardiosurgical hospital admission, as well as dynamic analysis of production frequency and molecular structure of K. pneumoniae carbapenemases. Materials and Methods. A total of 1445 patients with risk factors (antibiotic therapy in the anamnesis, emergency hospitalization, transfer from other hospitals) admitted for surgical treatment of congenital heart defects (CHDs) between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2022 were included in the retrospective analysis.

Objective. To compare the efficacy of ceftazidime-avibactam and aztreonam combination therapy with “standard” therapy in patients with hematological malignancies and sepsis, caused by carbapenemresistant K. pneumoniae. Materials and Methods. In this open, single center prospective-retrospective, cohort study, during 2019–2022, we analyze medical documentation of 81 hospitalized patients with hematologic malignancies and K. pneumoniae sepsis. K. pneumoniae was identified by MALDI-TOF mass-spectrometry; antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed in accordance with current versions of EUCAST guidelines.