Risk factors in acquiring multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in a hospital setting in Saudi Arabia

The present study identified the common factors that increased the risk of acquiring infection with MDR K. pneumoniae among hospitalized patients. In this study, the prevalence of MDR pattern among K. pneumoniae was found to be at 66.8%. This is higher than the 16.9% reported in eastern Saudi Arabia from 2017 to 2018¹¹ and the 23% reported in a study conducted in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, from 2008 to 2016⁶. Furthermore, a study that estimated the resistance of gram-negative pathogens causing surgical site infections at a…