| phenotypic and molecular characteristics of carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae in a health care system in los angeles, california, from 2011 to 2013. | carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (cre) are a concern for health care in the united states but remain relatively uncommon in california. we describe the phenotype, clonality, and carbapenemase-encoding genes present in cre isolated from patients at a californian tertiary health care system. cre for this study were identified by evaluating the antibiograms of enterobacteriaceae isolated in the ucla health system from 2011 to 2013 for isolates that were not susceptible to meropenem and/or im ... | 2014 | 25210072 |