All carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales articles
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NewsRising threat of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriales (CRE) spurs urgent healthcare alert
The deteriorating epidemiological situation of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriales (CRE) has spurred ECDC to alert EU/EAA countries to the importance of controlling the spread of CRE infections to safeguard their healthcare systems.
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NewsBlack women hospitalised in USA with blood infection resistant to last-resort antibiotic at increased risk of death
New research finds that the odds of death in black women with a bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales (CRE) was twice that of black men or white women.
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NewsMulti-drug resistant organisms can be transmitted between healthy dogs and cats and their hospitalised owners
Healthy dogs and cats could be passing on multidrug-resistant organisms to their hospitalised owners, and likewise humans could be transmitting these dangerous microbes to their pets - but only a small number of cases were found.