Abstract:Objective To explore the risk factors of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infection in ICU of hospital, and to provide reference for clinical prevention and treatment.Methods From January 2016 to June 2019, 196 patients with nosocomial infection admitted to ICU of Zhongshan People's Hospital were retrospectively selected and divided into CRE group (35cases with CRE positive) and control group (161 cases with CRE negative) according to CRE test results. The distribution, drug resistance, and clinical data of CRE were analyzed. The risk factors of CRE infection in ICU were analyzed by multiple logistic regression.Results 35 cases of CRE were positive, the infection rate was 17.86% (35/196), 68 strains of CRE were detected, and Klebsiella pneumonia was the highest (52.94%). CRE strains are resistant to cephalosporins, penicillins, carbapenems, and other antimicrobials to varying degrees, and sensitive to polymyxin and tegafycline. The results of univariate analysis showed that the age, Apache Ⅱ score at checking in ICU, length of stay in ICU, mechanical ventilation time, proportion of indwelling catheter, proportion of hemodialysis, proportion of carbapenem antimicrobials, proportion of cephalosporin antimicrobials, proportion of combined drugs of CRE group were higher than those of control group (P < 0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that Apache Ⅱ score ≥ 20 scores at checking in ICU[O^R=2.065(95% CI:1.325,12.592)],carbapenem antimicrobials[O^R=2.812(95% CI:1.432,19.624)], combination of drugs[O^R=3.785(95% CI:1.523,23.274)], mechanical ventilation time ≥ 3 days[O^R=2.134(95% CI:1.115,9.642)], ICU hospitalization time ≥ 10 days[O^R=1.996(95% CI:1.205,7.064)] were the risk factors of CRE infection in ICU (P < 0.05).Conclusion The rate of CRE infection is high in ICU. Serious illness, exposure history of carbapenem antimicrobials, combined use of multiple antimicrobials, mechanical ventilation time, and prolonged hospital stay in ICU are risk factors of CRE infection.