Factors Associated to Prevalence and Incidence of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Fecal Carriage: A Cohort Study in a Mexican Tertiary Care Hospital.

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections have emerged as a serious threat to health worldwide. They are associated with increased morbidity and mortality and are capable of silently colonizing the gastrointestinal tract. Because of this, there is great interest to characterize the ep...

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Main Authors: Pedro Torres-Gonzalez, Miguel Enrique Cervera-Hernandez, María Dolores Niembro-Ortega, Francisco Leal-Vega, Luis Pablo Cruz-Hervert, Lourdes García-García, Arturo Galindo-Fraga, Areli Martinez-Gamboa, Miriam Bobadilla-Del Valle, Jose Sifuentes-Osornio, Alfredo Ponce-de-Leon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4592225?pdf=render