The term "CRE" was barely a blip on most hospitals' radar before the CDC highlighted the emerging infection, carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae. Of 3,918 acute care facilities performing surveillance for CRE, only 145 short-stay and 36 long-term hospitals had reported cases as of last June. But though the bug has been uncommon in hospital settings so far, four factors make it extremely worrisome, CDC experts say:
•1. It kills half of patients whose bloodstreams become infected.
•2. It is resistant to nearly all antibiotics.
•3 It is increasingly seen in acute care settings.
•4. It spreads quickly within and across healthcare settings through central line associated bloodstream or catheter associated urinary tract infections.
CRE was found in 1.2% hospitals in the country in 2001, but in 2011 and the first six months of 2012, it was in 4.6% of acute care hospitals. It is now in 18% of long-term care hospitals, and has been detected in hospitals in 42 states.
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/QUA-291756/Deadly-CRE-Infection-Spreading-Fast-in-Hospitals.html##
•1. It kills half of patients whose bloodstreams become infected.
•2. It is resistant to nearly all antibiotics.
•3 It is increasingly seen in acute care settings.
•4. It spreads quickly within and across healthcare settings through central line associated bloodstream or catheter associated urinary tract infections.
CRE was found in 1.2% hospitals in the country in 2001, but in 2011 and the first six months of 2012, it was in 4.6% of acute care hospitals. It is now in 18% of long-term care hospitals, and has been detected in hospitals in 42 states.
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/QUA-291756/Deadly-CRE-Infection-Spreading-Fast-in-Hospitals.html##
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