The ICU-CARB score: a novel clinical scoring system to predict carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria carriage in critically ill patients upon ICU admission.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (No. 2022-LLS-93), and informed consent was waived owing to the retrospective nature of the study. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no conflict of interest. Competing interests The authors declare no conflict of interest."

"Funding This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China [82102452], Clinical science and technology innovation project of Shanghai Hospital Development Center [SHDC22021212], Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [20Y11901100], Guangci discipline group construction of public health and disaster emergency center [XKQ-09] and Talent development project for Three-years action plan of Shanghai public health system construction [GWV-10.2-YQ49, GWV-10.2-YQ50]."