Epidemiology of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Infection and Colonization in Hospitalized Patients at a University Hospital in Thailand.

CRE isolated from clinical specimens in hospitalized patients are more likely to cause colonization than infection. Patients with CRE colonization are at risk of subsequent CRE infection with high mortality. Stool culture for CRE is needed to verify if contact precautions can be discontinued because the duration of CRE colonization in stool varied from days to years.