Philly.com In a December 2012 city health department survey, 11 hospitals reported that in the previous year, they had at least one case - meaning a patient who was either infected with carbapenem -resistant bacteria or was "colonized" with them but did not get sick. 更多 »
PR Newswire (press release) ... of bacteria can be particularly difficult to treat because they can have high levels of resistance to many antibiotics, including the so-called antibiotics of last resort, the carbapenems , giving rise to the name Carbapenem -resistant ... 更多 »
International Business Times Even though they cause 600 deaths a year in the United States, there are no national reporting requirements for infections caused by carbapenem -resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a family of different bacteria that cannot be treated with carbapenems , ... 更多 »
MassLive.com However species of it, including Escherichia coli (E. coli), have become resistant to carbapenems , powerful, broad spectrum antibiotics used to treat infections from these germs. Someone can be colonized with CRE without it producing an infection ... 更多 »
MassLive.com Carbapenem -resistant enterobacteriaceae are in the news after reports of the death of two California patients believed to be from contaminated medical equ...
Outbreak News Today What I'm talking about today is CRE, carbapenem -resistant enterobacteriaceae. CRE are nightmare bacteria. They pose a triple threat. First, they're...
Live Science CRE are a type of bacteria that are highly resistant to many antibiotics. They have earned the name "killer bacteria" and "nightmare bacteria" for good reason. The death rate for those infected with CRE, or carbapenem -resistant enterobacteriaceae, is ...
