Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Early Release / Vol. 62, March 5, 2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Vital Signs: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Enterobacteriaceae are a family of bacteria that commonly cause infections in health-care settings as well as in the community. Among Enterobacteriaceae, resistance to broad-spectrum carbapenem antimicrobials has been uncommon. Over the past decade, however, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) have been recognized in health-care settings as a cause of difficult-to-treat infections associated with high mortality.
  
  The percentage of acute-care hospitals reporting at least one CRE from health-care-associated infections (HAIs) in 2012 was estimated using data submitted to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) in 2012. The proportion of Enterobacteriaceae infections that were CRE was calculated using two surveillance systems: 1) the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance system (NNIS) and NHSN (for 2001 and 2011, respectively) and 2) the Surveillance Network-USA (TSN) (for 2001 and 2010). Characteristics of CRE culture-positive episodes were determined using data collected as part of a population-based CRE surveillance project conducted by the Emerging Infections Program (EIP) in three states.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Carbapenems / Pharmacology Cross Infection / Epidemiology Drug Resistance, Bacterial Enterobacteriaceae / Drug Effects Enterobacteriaceae / Isolation & Purification Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Epidemiology Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Etiology Hospitals / Statistics & Numerical Data Humans Klebsiella Infections / Drug Therapy Klebsiella Infections / Epidemiology Middle Aged Population Surveillance

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• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Vital Signs: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, March 5, 2013
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Subseries:
  MMWR: Early Release
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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