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Admission Surveillance for Carbapenamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae at a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jessica D. Lewis ,
Matthew Bishop ,
Brenda Heon ,
Amy J. Mathers ,
Kyle B. Enfield  and
Costi D. Sifri
Jessica D. Lewis
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Matthew Bishop
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Brenda Heon
Affiliation:
Office of Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention and Control, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Amy J. Mathers
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Kyle B. Enfield
Affiliation:
Office of Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention and Control, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
Costi D. Sifri*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia Office of Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention and Control, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
*
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Office of Hospital Epidemiology/Infection Prevention and Control, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800473, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0473 (csifri@virginia.edu)
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Abstract

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are of increasing prevalence worldwide, and long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) have been implicated in several outbreaks in the United States. This prospective study of routine screening for CPE on admission to a LTACH demonstrates a high prevalence of CPE colonization in central Virginia.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 8 , August 2013 , pp. 832 - 834
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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