A new Health Advisory, issued by the CDC, expands guidelines for preventing the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, organisms said to be on the rise.

The group of bacteria called Enterobacteriaceae, including Klebsiella pneumoniae, Shigella, E. coli and others, is present at low levels as part of a healthy human gut microbiome. But at high ...

IN recent years pathogenic enterobacteriaceae have become increasingly resistant to many antibiotics.§ 1 2 3 Japanese workers showed in 1959 that resistance to multiple antibiotics in many ...

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are bacteria that are resistant to carbapenem antibiotics. This may make CRE infections hard to treat. Learn more here.

Seven patients were infected and two of them, already seriously ill, died. Here are some questions and answers about CRE. What is CRE? CRE refers to a family of drug-resistant bacteria.

The term “nightmare bacteria” does not bode well for anyone who may get infected. That’s what CDC epidemiologists call carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, which kill up to half ...

Analysis of gut microbiomes reveals co-colonization patterns and potential therapeutic targets against Enterobacteriaceae, addressing global health challenges. Skip to content. Menu.

In the last decade, a significant increase was seen in the proportion of reported Enterobacteriaceae that were CRE, going from just 1.2% in 2001 to 4.2% in 2011.

Mortality among patients with infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) is high, and such infections have few treatment options. 1,2 We report results from the Combating ...

Because of the paucity of quantitative data on numbers of other enteric pathogens in food, the reliability of the examination of processed foods for Enterobacteriaceae was estimated taking Salmonella ...