title: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae rectal screening during an outbreak of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae at an acute care hospital.
abstract: We describe the results of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) screening as part of an outbreak investigation of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-producing CRE at a tertiary care university teaching hospital. The manual method for CRE screening was useful for detecting patients with asymptomatic CRE carriage but was time-consuming and costly.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado.
authors.forename: Larissa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pisney
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Barron
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kassner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Havens
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Madinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015780:Carbapenems / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003120:Colorado; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D015780:Carbapenems; D001618:beta-Lactamases; C552864:beta-lactamase NDM-1