This is a prospective multi-center study. Bacterial isolates from hospitalized patients with CA-HRE will be compared to those from hospitalized patients with healthcare-associated HRE (HA-HRE). In addition, community spread of CRE will be determined.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 99 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
Category 1: Patients who live at home and meet the following criteria:
* CDC-defined HRE isolated during a previous hospitalization or outpatient visit
* Home origin
* First positive HRE culture within 48 hours of admission (in case of hospitalization)
Category 2: Hospitalized patients with CDC-defined HRE isolated during hospitalization who are not discharged home and who meet any of the following criteria:
* Admitted from other care facility (not home origin)
* Do not have first positive HRE culture within 48 hours of admission
Category 3: Patients with CDC-defined HRE isolated during a previous hospitalization or outpatient visit who are eventually discharged home and who meet any of the following criteria:
* Admitted from other care facility (not home origin)
* Do not have first positive HRE culture within 48 hours of admission (in case of hospitalization)
Category 4: Participants who meet the following criteria:
• Community contact of a participant in Category 1 and/or 3.
Exclusion Criteria:
In all categories, participants who meet the following criteria will be excluded:
• Age \<18 years
In category 1, the following are exclusionary:
* pre-existing renal failure
* pre-existing liver disease
* immunocompromised
* history of malignancy
* pregnancy
In addition, in category 1, 3 and 4, who meet the following criteria will be excluded:
• Unable to provide informed consent
What they're measuring
1
Proportion of CA-HRE infections
Timeframe: enrollment - end of study, up to approximately 1 year
2
Proportion of HRE-culture positive community contacts of hospitalized patients with HRE as determined by stool culture.
Timeframe: enrollment - end of study, up to approximately 1 year