CRE-worse than MRSA -highly resistant

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Oct 06, 2015
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News

CRE - worse than MRSA 
In the clearest picture yet of the burden of carbapenem-resistant 
Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in the United States—an important cause of 
healthcare-associated infections—a group from the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday reported low overall incidence 
but regional variation, with most cases linked to earlier 
hospitalization and discharge to long-term care.
In 2013, the CDC sounded an alarm about CRE, thought to be more dangerous than methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
 (MRSA). CRE are resistant to nearly all antibiotics, have high 
mortality rates in invasive infections, and can spread their resistance 
genes to other bacteria in the body.
Medclinician comment - Have we ever seen this before?

CRE are resistant to nearly all antibiotics, have high mortality rates 
in invasive infections, and can spread their resistance genes to other 
bacteria in the body.

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	http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2015/10/study-profiles-us-threat-drug-resistant-bacteria Oct 06, 2015 Lisa Schnirring \| News Editor \| CIDRAP News CRE - worse than MRSA In the clearest picture yet of the burden of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in the United States—an important cause of healthcare-associated infections—a group from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday reported low overall incidence but regional variation, with most cases linked to earlier hospitalization and discharge to long-term care. In 2013, the CDC sounded an alarm about CRE, thought to be more dangerous than methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). CRE are resistant to nearly all antibiotics, have high mortality rates in invasive infections, and can spread their resistance genes to other bacteria in the body. Medclinician comment - Have we ever seen this before? CRE are resistant to nearly all antibiotics, have high mortality rates in invasive infections, and can spread their resistance genes to other bacteria in the body.
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