Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Rectal Screening during an Outbreak of New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase–Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae at an Acute Care Hospital

We describe the results of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) screening as part of an outbreak investigation of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase–producing CRE at a tertiary care university teaching hospital. The manual method for CRE screening was useful for detecting patients with asymptomatic CRE carriage but was time-consuming and costly.

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