Long-term trends in the incidence of hospital-acquired carbapenem-resistant enterobacterales and antimicrobial utilization in a network of community hospitals in the southeastern united states from 2013 to 2023

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• What: The study showed overall low numbers of HA-CRE in the network of community hospitals. Unlike previous studies, the study provides data on HA-CRE in 2022 and 2023; to date, the authors still cannot conclude whether the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HA-CRE will persist or wane. The study showed the limit of AU use as an indirect measure of the HA-CRE incidence.
• Who: Tark Kim et al. from the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Republic of Korea, Duke Center . . .
  

   

  

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