Fecal carriage of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and risk factor analysis in hospitalised patients: A single centre study from India

Conclusions: The study is the first from India to show high CRE carriage in patients admitted to a tertiary care centre and emphasises the need of strict antimicrobial stewardship implementation in hospitals to prevent dissemination of multidrug-resistant CRE.

Source: Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology - February 1, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Balvinder Mohan Amber Prasad Harsimran Kaur Vinaykumar Hallur Neha Gautam Neelam Taneja Source Type: research