Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteriuria and subsequent bacteremia: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) bacteriuria and to determine whether urinary catheters increase the risk of subsequent CRE bacteremia.

Design

Using active population- and laboratory-based surveillance we described a cohort of patients with incident CRE bacteriuria and identified risk factors for developing CRE bacteremia within 1 year.

Setting

The study was conducted among the 8 counties of Georgia Health District 3 (HD3) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Patients

Residents of HD3 with CRE first identified in urine between 2012 and 2017.

Results

We identified 464 patients with CRE bacteriuria (mean yearly incidence, 1.96 cases per 100,000 population). Of 425 with chart review, most had a urinary catheter (56%), an

SUBMITTER: Howard-Anderson JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8190175 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature