1440. Prevalence and Regional Variation of in ESBLs and CRE Enterobacteriaceae (ENT) among Adult, Hospitalized Patients with ENT on a Urine Culture: A Multicenter Evaluation

Background Despite increased public health awareness of ESBLs and CRE, limited data exist regarding the true frequency of these resistant bacteria in urine cultures collected from adult patients in US hospitals. This study sought to quantify the prevalence and rates of ESBLs and CRE from urine cultures in adult hospitalized patients with ENT. Methods All hospitalized adults with a urine culture (first urine isolate of a species per 30-day...