Table 3.

Characteristics and Natural History of 225 CRE-Colonized Patients

Characteristics	N (%)
Site of CRE colonization
● Urine	137 (60.9%)
● Sputum	95 (42.2%)
● Body fluid	21 (9.3%)
● Tissue	9 (1.3%)
Presence of CRE in stool or rectal swab samples at enrollment of study patients	152 (67.6%)
Status of 225 patients with CRE colonization during hospitalization
● Developed CRE infection	46 (20.4%)
● Site of CRE infection in 46 patients
● HAP/VAP	20 (43.5%)
● Urinary tract infection	14 (30.4%)
● Catheter-related blood stream infection	5 (10.8%)
● Intra-abdominal infection	3 (6.5%)
● Primary bacteremia	2 (4.3%)
● Skin and soft tissue infection	2 (4.3%)
● No CRE infection	179 (79.6%)
● CRE status at discharge of 69 patients who had ≥2 stool or rectal swab samples collected and had CRE in the initial stool or rectal swab sample
● Absence of CRE colonization before discharge	18 (26.1%)
● Presence of CRE colonization before discharge	51 (73.9%)

Abbreviations: CRE, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales; HAP, hospital-acquired pneumonia; VAP, ventilator-associated pneumonia.