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Volume 31, Number 1—January 2025
Research
Population-Based Study of Emergence and Spread of Escherichia coli Producing OXA-48–Like Carbapenemases, Israel, 2007–2023
Elizabeth Temkin
, Moshe Bechor, Mor N. Lurie-Weinberger, Alona Keren-Paz, Dafna Chen, Carmela Lugassy, Ester Solter, Mitchell J. Schwaber, Yehuda Carmeli, and CPE Working Group1
, Moshe Bechor, Mor N. Lurie-Weinberger, Alona Keren-Paz, Dafna Chen, Carmela Lugassy, Ester Solter, Mitchell J. Schwaber, Yehuda Carmeli, and CPE Working Group1
Table 2
Source of OXA-EC acquisition among 1,750 carriers, Israel, October 2022–December 2023*
| Classification | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Initial classification | |
| Nosocomial† | 750 (42.9) |
| Nonnosocomial |
1,000 (57.1) |
| Reclassification of non-nosocomial after investigation‡ | |
| Healthcare-associated | 518 (51.8) |
| Imported§ | 53 (5.3) |
| Community-acquired |
429 (42.9) |
| Community-acquired as % of all cases | 429 (24.5) |
*OXA-EC, Escherichia coli producing OXA-48–like carbapenemases. †Detected >48 hours after hospital admission, upon transfer, or upon readmission within 30 days. ‡Percentages indicate percentages of patients with acquisition initially classified as nonnosocomial. §Includes cases in residents of Israel reporting recent foreign travel, tourists, medical tourists, and foreign workers.
1Members of the working group are listed at the end of this article.
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