The researchers examined the proportion of K. pneumoniae cases resistant to carbapenems in acute care, long-term care and outpatient settings. During the study period from 2002 to 2010, the proportion of drug-resistant cases increased from 0.1 percent to 4.5 percent across the country.
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The researchers emphasized that what an issue mainly in the northeastern United States in the early 2000’s is now a concern everywhere.
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