Prevalence of Invasive Infections Due to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae among Adult Patients in U.S. Hospitals.

ABSTRACT: This large-scale retrospective analysis (n = 60,551) of the Premier inpatient database (1 January 2011 to 31 December 2014) found an overall prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains of 2.3% (range, 0.9% to 5.8% by geographic region) among patients with infections due to Enterobacteriaceae Ongoing monitoring and development of decision support tools/algorithms are needed for identification of high-risk patients.

SUBMITTER: Lodise T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5527580 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature