Active surveillance for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, vancomycin-resistant enterococci and toxigenic Clostridium difficile among patients transferred from long-term care facilities in Korea

Hwang, J-H; Park, J.S.; Lee, E.; Bae, J.Y.; Song, K-H; Choe, P.G.; Park, W.B.; Bang, J.H.; Kim, E.S.; Park, S.W.; Kim, N. J.; Oh, M.; Kim, H.B.

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2018.02.017

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Active surveillance for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, vancomycin-resistant enterococci and toxigenic Clostridium difficile among patients transferred from long-term care facilities in Korea

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Authors: Hwang, J-H; Park, J.S.; Lee, E.; Bae, J.Y.; Song, K-H; Choe, P.G.; Park, W.B.; Bang, J.H.; Kim, E.S.; Park, S.W.; Kim, N. J.; Oh, M.; Kim, H.B.

Issue Date: 2018-08

Publisher: W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.

Citation: Journal of Hospital Infection, Vol.99 No.4, pp.487-491

Abstract: A 10-month active surveillance study was conducted to assess carriage of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and toxigenic Clostridium difficile colonization among patients transferred to hospital from longterm care facilities (LTCFs). Four (1.4%) patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (none of which were CPE), 59 (21%) patients with VRE and 20 (7.1%) patients colonized with toxigenic C. difficile were identified from 282 rectal specimens. There was no outbreak of VRE infection during the study period. The low prevalence of CPE carriage suggests that screening all admissions from LTCFs for CPE would not be cost-effective, and that screening and use of contact precautions for VRE should be reconsidered.