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INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 8, Pages 809-817Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/671270
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- Association of American Medical Colleges
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [MM-1085-09/09]
- New York State Department of Health Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program
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OBJECTIVE. To describe the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) carriage and acquisition among hospitalized patients in an area of CRE endemicity. DESIGN. Cohort study with a nested case-control study. SETTING. Two acute care, academic hospitals in New York City. PARTICIPANTS. All patients admitted to 7 study units, including intensive care, medical-surgical, and acute rehabilitation units. METHOD. Perianal samples were collected from patients at admission and weekly thereafter to detect asymptomatic gastrointestinal carriage of CRE. A nested case-control study was performed to identify factors associated with CRE acquisition. Case patients were those who acquired CRE during a single hospitalization. Control subjects had no microbiologic evidence of CRE and at least 1 negative surveillance sample. Clinical data were abstracted from the medical record. RESULTS. The prevalence of CRE in the study population was 5.4% (306 of 5,676 patients), and 104 patients met the case definition of acquisition during a single hospital stay. Mechanical ventilation (odds ratio [OR], 11.5), pulmonary disease (OR, 5.2), days of antibiotic therapy (OR, 1.04), and CRE colonization pressure (OR, 1.15) were independently associated with CRE acquisition. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis identified 87% of tested Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates as sharing related patterns (greater than 78% similarity), which suggests clonal transmission within and between the study hospitals. CONCLUSIONS. Critical illness and underlying medical conditions, CRE colonization pressure, and antimicrobial exposure are important risk factors for CRE acquisition. Adherence to infection control practices and antimicrobial stewardship appear to be critical components of a CRE control program.
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