County of Los Angeles
Department of Public Health
Acute Communicable Disease Control
313 N. Figueroa Street, #212
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 240-7941
Fax: (213) 482-4856
Email:acdc2@ph.lacounty.gov
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Acute Communicable Disease Control
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE)
Enterobacterales is a gram-negative bacteria
that can cause infections in healthcare settings,
including pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound or
surgical site infections, and meningitis. Increasingly,
Enterobacterales bacteria have developed
antibiotic resistance, most recently to the class of
antibiotics known as carbapenems. When bacteria such as
Enterobacterales
produce an enzyme known as a carbapenemase, they are
referred to as carbapenemase producing organisms or
carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacterales (CRE). This is considered a
threat to patient safety because carbapenem antibiotics
often are the last line of defense against gram-negative
infections that are resistant to other antibiotics.
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