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Van Duin, David
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  Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: A menace to our most vulnerable patients
  Federico Perez, MD and David Van Duin, MD, PhD
  Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 225-233; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12182
  The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) highlights the importance of effective antibiotics to maintain the safety of our health care system. Clinicians will encounter CRE as a cause of difficult-to-treat and often fatal infections in hospitalized patients. We review the mechanisms of carbapenem resistance, the dissemination and clinical impact of these resistant organisms, and challenges to their detection, treatment, and control.