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Management of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a low incidence area: A six-year experience in a university hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2019

Audrey Emery
Affiliation:
Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Besançon, France
Audrey Jeanvoine
Affiliation:
Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Besançon, France UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Pascale Bailly
Affiliation:
Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Besançon, France
Houssein Gbaguidi-Haore
Affiliation:
Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Besançon, France UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
Didier Hocquet
Affiliation:
Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Besançon, France UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Besançon, France Centre de Ressources Biologiques – Filière Microbiologique de Besançon, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Besançon, France
Xavier Bertrand*
Affiliation:
Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Besançon, France UMR 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
*
Author for correspondence: Xavier Bertrand, Hygiène Hospitalière, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, 3 boulevard Fleming, Besançon, Cedex 25030, France. Email: xbertrand@chu-besancon.fr

Abstract

We conducted a 6-year retrospective analysis of monitoring of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in a large hospital in a low CPE incidence area, and we evaluated the “search and isolate” strategy implemented. In total, 40 CPE isolates were collected from 32 patients, and only 1.4% of contact patients screened were CPE carriers.

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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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