Search Tag: antibiotic-resistant bacteria

ICU Management

Patient-registries-useful-in-fight-vs-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria

2019 09 May

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are bacteria that are resistant to most antibiotics. It is estimated that at least two million people get infected each year with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, resulting in at least 23,000 deaths. Such bacteria can quickly spread across healthcare facilities as doctors and hospital personnel may not realise...Read more

ICU Management

Sink-traps-source-of-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-in-icu

2018 10 Oct

Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are bacteria or "bugs", and CPE outbreaks are mostly attributed to patient-to-patient transmission via healthcare workers. During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an Israeli hospital traced repeated infections of patients in its intensive...Read more