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carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

phrase/ˌkɑːbəˈpenəm rɪˈzɪstənt ˌentərəʊbæktɪəˈreɪsiiː/

C2CEFR level
97/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A group of Gram-negative bacteria resistant to carbapenems, representing a high-priority public-health threat.

The patient was placed in strict isolation after carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae were detected on rectal screening.

Similar: CRE

Topic: Infectious disease in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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