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The burden of colonization and infection by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the neuro-rehabilitation setting: a prospective six-year experience
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2019
Abstract
We describe the high burden of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) colonization and infection in a neuro-rehabilitation hospital in Italy over a 6-year period. Overall, 9.3% of patients were found to be CPE carriers on admission; the rates of CPE in-hospital acquisition and CPE-BSI were 9.2 and 2.9 cases per 10,000 patient days, respectively.
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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: The data reported in this article were presented in part as an oral presentation during the 27th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, April 24 2017, in Vienna, Austria.
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