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Making health care safer; stop infections from lethal CRE germs now

Published Date:

3/5/2013

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Corporate Authors:

National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.), Office of Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services. ;

Series:

Vital signs ; 2013 March ; MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. 62, early release, March 5, 2013, p. 1-6 ;

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Description:

Untreatable and hard-to-treat infections from CRE germs are on the rise among patients in medical facilities. CRE germs have become resistant to all or nearly all the antibiotics we have today. Types of CRE include KPC and NDM. By following CDC guidelines, we can halt CRE infections before they become widespread in hospitals and other medical facilities and potentially spread to otherwise healthy people outside of medical facilities.

Document Type:

Pamphlet (or booklet)

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Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection

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United States

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