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

Audrey Emery; Audrey Jeanvoine; Pascale Bailly; Houssein Gbaguidi-Haore; Didier Hocquet; Xavier Bertrand

doi:10.1017/ice.2019.149

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

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Aug;40(8):936-938. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.149. Epub 2019 Jun 17.

Authors

Audrey Emery¹, Audrey Jeanvoine¹, Pascale Bailly¹, Houssein Gbaguidi-Haore¹, Didier Hocquet¹, Xavier Bertrand¹

Affiliation

¹ Hygiène Hospitalière,Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire,Besançon,France.

PMID: 31203818
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.149

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.

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacterial Proteins*
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
Cross Infection / microbiology
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / prevention & control*
Enterobacteriaceae* / isolation & purification
Female
Hospitals, University*
Humans
Incidence
Infection Control / methods*
Male
Population Surveillance
Retrospective Studies
beta-Lactamases*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
beta-Lactamases
carbapenemase