Patients who tested positive for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, a multidrug-resistant organism, retained the organism until more than one year after hospital discharge, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control and reported by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
Researchers studied 97 CRE-positive patients who were discharged from the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel, between January 2009 and December 2010. On average, cultures became CRE-negative 387 days after discharge. At one year, 39 percent of patients continued to test positive for CRE, presenting a risk of possible reinfection or transmission of CRE to other people.
Recognizing the extended duration of CRE in patients and taking appropriate measures, such as isolating CRE-positive patients, can reduce their hospitalization with general patients, which can prevent the spread of CRE, the authors wrote, according to the news release.
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Researchers studied 97 CRE-positive patients who were discharged from the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel, between January 2009 and December 2010. On average, cultures became CRE-negative 387 days after discharge. At one year, 39 percent of patients continued to test positive for CRE, presenting a risk of possible reinfection or transmission of CRE to other people.
Recognizing the extended duration of CRE in patients and taking appropriate measures, such as isolating CRE-positive patients, can reduce their hospitalization with general patients, which can prevent the spread of CRE, the authors wrote, according to the news release.
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