Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2020)

Duration of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Carriage in Hospital Patients

  • Yin Mo,
  • Anastasia Hernandez-Koutoucheva,
  • Patrick Musicha,
  • Denis Bertrand,
  • David Lye,
  • Oon Tek Ng,
  • Shannon N. Fenlon,
  • Swaine L. Chen,
  • Moi Lin Ling,
  • Wen Ying Tang,
  • Timothy Barkham,
  • Niranjan Nagarajan,
  • Ben S. Cooper,
  • Kalisvar Marimuthu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.190592
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 9
pp. 2182 – 2185

Abstract

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To determine the duration of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) carriage, we studied 21 CPE carriers for »1 year. Mean carriage duration was 86 days; probability of decolonization in 1 year was 98.5%, suggesting that CPE-carriers’ status can be reviewed yearly. Prolonged carriage was associated with use of antimicrobial drugs.

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