Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae | Medical Algorithm

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient who is being admitted to the hospital?

Yes

Was the patient positive for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae previously?

Yes

Does the patient have a past history of fluoroquinolone therapy?

Yes

Is the patient being transferred in from another hospital or institution?

Yes

Date that CRE was first isolated from the patient (enter MM/DD/YYYY)

Today's date (enter MM/DD/YYYY)

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of risk factors for persistent carriage of CRE

The risk of persistent carriage of CRE is

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Other Testing
- Model for Identifying a Patient with Health Care-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
- Multi-Drug Resistant Neisseria Gonorrhoeae | Gonorrhea Antibiotic Treatment
Criteria For Diagnosis
- Predicting Antibiotic Resistant Pneumonia in Institutionalized Patients
- When To Suspect That a Patient May Have Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
- Predictive Index for Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteremia
Complications
- Model for Identifying a Patient with Health Care-Associated Pneumonia Caused by Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Therapy

Options
- Recommendations for Minimizing Antibiotic Resistance
Selection
Administration
- Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Prediction Rule | Vanco Resistant Enterococcus
Failure Handling And Therapy Escalation

Monitoring

Response To Therapy
- Predictive Index for Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteremia
- Prediction Rule for Identifying Patients at Risk for Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci at Hospital Admission
Failure Handling (loss To Followup, Etc)
- CDC 12 Step Program for Preventing Antibacterial Resistance in Hospitalized Patients

Specialty

Infectious Diseases
Pharmacology, clinical

Objective

risk factors
clinical diagnosis
including family history for genetics

ICD-10

A41 - Other sepsis
G00.9 - Bacterial meningitis, unspecified
J15.6 - Pneumonia due to other aerobic Gram-negative bacteria

Predictors for Rectal Carriage of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Purpose: To identify a patient who is a persistent carrier of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae at hospital admission using criteria of Schechner et al.