Expect to Dispense Antibiotic Combos for Drug-Resistant "CRE" Infections

April 2017

You'll see "big gun" antibiotics ordered for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections.

CRE infections have been reported in most states...and about 50% are fatal.

The trouble is that they don't respond to any penicillins. Plus they don't respond to either carbapenems (doripenem, ertapenem, etc) or cephalosporins alone.

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