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. 2015 Oct 13;15:415. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-1152-0

Table 1.

Annual incidences of health-care associated carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections

Incidence per 10,000 patient-days (95 % CI)
Year No. of episodes Ward where the diagnosis of C-R Kp BSI was made
Overall ICU Surgical wards Medical wards Rehabilitation wards
2007 2 0.04 (0.01 – 0.17) 1.15 (0.29 – 4.59) - - -
2008 0 - - - - -
2009 27 0.56 (0.38 -0.82) 12.70 (8.44 – 19.1) 0.14 (0.04 – 0.57) 0.04 (0 – 0.28) 0.60 (0.09-4.27)
2010 39 0.83 (0.60-1.13) 17.18 (11.94 – 24.71) 0.08 (0.01 – 0.55) 0.32 (0.16 – 0.64) 0.44 (0.06 – 3.12)
2011 59 1.22 (0.94-1.57) 21.06 (15.40-28.81) 0.69 (0.36-1.32) 0.36 (0.19 – 0.69) 0.60 (0.02 – 2.39)
2012 83 1.75 (1.41-2.17) 22.01 (16.09 – 30.11) 1.55 (0.99-2.43) 0.96 (0.64 -1.44) 0.44 (0.11 – 1.76)
2013 60 1.30 (1.01 – 1.68) 18.17 (12.98 – 25.42) 0.61 (0.29 – 1.29) 0.72 (0.44 – 1.17) 0.48 (0.15 – 1.48)
2014 79 1.77 (1.42 – 2.20) 18.79 (13.62 – 25.93) 0.66 (0.31 – 1.37) 1.32 (0.92 – 1.89) 0.98 (0.41 – 2.36)

C-R Kp BSI carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections, ICU intensive care unit