new carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) webpage
contains news, updates, and links to a variety of resources on
these drug-resistant bacteria. reported earlier this week in
News Now, physical therapists and physical therapist assistants
play an important role in protecting patients from CRE. CRE have
high mortality rates, killing 1 in 2 patients who get
bloodstream infections from them. Additionally, CRE easily
transfer their antibiotic resistance to other bacteria. CRE are
usually transmitted person-to-person, often on the hands of
health care workers. Currently, almost all CRE infections occur
in people receiving significant medical care. However, their
ability to spread and their resistance raises the concern that
potentially untreatable infections could appear in otherwise
healthy people, including health care