Other CRE Guidelines and Resources
Guidelines, publications, and other CRE resources for Health Professionals.
Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines
- Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines
General infection prevention guidelines, recommendations, and laws related to infection prevention.
CRE Guidelines and Recommendations
- Recommendations for the Management of CRE in Acute and Long-term Acute Care Hospitals
MDH recommendations for the prevention and control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in acute and long-term acute care facilities.
- Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms In Healthcare Settings, 2006
CDC guidelines to prevent and control MDROs such as MRSA and VRE in healthcare facilities. Attention: Non-MDH link
- Public Health update of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) producing metallo-beta-lactamases (NDM, VIM, IMP) in the U.S. reported to CDC
CDC website about CRE. Attention: Non-MDH link.
Publications
- Outcomes of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection and the Impact of Antimicrobial and Adjunctive Therapies ICHE. 2008;29:1099-1106. Gopi Patel, Shirish Huprikar, Stephanie H. Factor, et al. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/iche/current
- Risk Factors and Clinical Impact of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing K. pneumoniae ICHE. 2009;30:1180-1185. Leanne B. Gasnik, Paul H. Edelstein, Ebbing Lautenbach, et al.http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/iche/current
- Success of an Infection Control Program to Reduce the Spread of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ICHE. 2009;30:447-452. Sandeep Kochar, Timothy Sheard, Roopali Sharma, et al. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/iche/current
- Successful Control of an Outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing K. pneumoniae at a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital ICHE. 2010;31:341-347. L. Silvia Munoz-Price, Mary K. Hayden, Karen Lolans et al. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/iche/current
- Cluster of bloodstream infections caused by KPC-2 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Manhattan. Am J Infect Control. 2009;37(2):121-6. A.S. Nadkarni, T. Schliep, L. Khan, C.B. Zeana. http://www.ajicjournal.org/
- Characterization of a New Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene, blaNDM-1, and a Novel Erythromycin Esterase Gene Carried on a Unique Genetic Structure in Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 14 from India. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 2009;53(12):5046-5054. D. Yong, M.A. Toleman, C.G. Giske, et al.