2019 treatment guidelines published recommended ertapenem as a highly effective third-line therapy limited to a shorter course, as rescue therapy or during surgical planning.
The ECDC has called for mitigating actions in the face of more European Union and European Economic Area countries reporting hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23.
Clinicians need to think more carefully before prescribing antibiotics to newborns say researchers who have identified detrimental gut microbiome changes and increased antibiotic resistance following antibiotic treatment.