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•Hypervirulent KP (hvKP) infections can lead to severe infections and occur primarily in southeast Asia.•Data on hvKP bacteremia in ICUs in high-income countries are scarce.•Socio-demographic and clinical features of patients with hVKP BSI in ICUs differs from classical KP (cKP).•hvKP-BSI has been associated with community-acquired pneumonia in homeless patients.•Further studies are needed to assess hvKP infections in Europe.

The objective is to identify the risk markers of multi-drug resistant bacteria (MDRB) related ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in septic shock patients with previous MDRB carriage.