Open AccessRectal carriage of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae: A menace to highly vulnerable patients
Author(s) -
Amarjeet Kumar,
Sarita Mohapatra,
Sameer Bakhshi,
Manoranjan Mahapatra,
V. Sreenivas,
Bimal Kumar Das,
Seema Sood,
Arti Kapil
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_101_17
Subject(s) - carriage , carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae , enterobacteriaceae , medicine , enterobacteriaceae infections , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , escherichia coli , pathology , biochemistry , gene
Bloodstream infection (BSI) due to carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with hematological malignancy. These patients receive chemotherapy during treatment, which lead to severe mucositis of gastrointestinal tract and myelosuppression. It was hypothesized that the gut colonizer translocate into the blood circulation causing BSI. Colonization rate with CRE among these patients in India is unknown.