Using Patient Risk Factors to Identify Whether Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections Are Caused by Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms | Zendy

Patricia J. Simner | Zendy; Katherine E Goodman | Zendy; Karen C. Carroll | Zendy; Anthony Harris | Zendy; Jennifer Han | Zendy; Pranita D. Tamma | Zendy

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Using Patient Risk Factors to Identify Whether Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections Are Caused by Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms

Author(s) -

Patricia J. Simner,

Katherine E Goodman,

Karen C. Carroll,

Anthony Harris,

Jennifer Han,

Pranita D. Tamma

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy094

Subject(s) - carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae , medicine , carbapenem , enterobacteriaceae , pathogenic organism , enterobacteriaceae infections , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , biology , escherichia coli , gene , genetics

Evaluating all inpatient carbapenem-resistant (CRE) infections over a 1-year period, 47% were caused by carbapenemase-producing (CP) organisms. Compared with non-CP-CRE patients, patients with CP-CRE had an 18-fold greater odds of a recent stay in a foreign health care facility and a 3-fold greater odds of transfer from a post-acute care facility.

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