carbapenemase producing or resistant enterobacteriaceae (CPE/CRE)

see also:

• clinically important bacteria

• enterobacteriaceae are fermentative, non-fastidious, oxidase negative, facultative anaerobic, Gram -ve rods
• since 2012, an increasing number of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae have been identified in Victoria
• epidemiological investigation has indicated that each genomic cluster appears to have a strong or exclusive relationship with individual health services.
• in 2015, carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) became increasingly problematic in Australia