Table 2.

Examples of select risk factors for carriage of CRE

Patient transfer between healthcare settings within the same country	[45, 68]
Patient transfer between healthcare settings across borders	[20, 21]
Prior admission to an acute care facility	[20, 43, 69]
Prior admission to a LTCF	[34, 45, 69, 70]
Household transmission from patients discharged from healthcare settings	[47]
Foreign travel (e.g. recreational and medical tourism)	[19, 21, 48, 71]