Proportion of Rectal Carriage of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in the Inpatients of a Pediatric Tertiary Care Hospital in Japan

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 65; no. 6; pp. 548 - 550
• Main Authors: Minami, Kisei, Shoji, Yasuhiro, Kasai, Masashi, Ogiso, Yoshifumi, Nakamura, Tomohiko, Kawakami, Yoshiyuki, Saito, Yoshinobu, Kuzumoto, Kei, Kubota, Noriko, Yumoto, Kayoko, Ishii, Kinuko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Editorial Committee 2012
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; beta-Lactamases - secretion; Carrier State - epidemiology; Carrier State - microbiology; Child; Child, Hospitalized; Child, Preschool; Enterobacteriaceae - drug effects; Enterobacteriaceae - enzymology; Enterobacteriaceae - isolation & purification; Enterobacteriaceae Infections - epidemiology; Enterobacteriaceae Infections - microbiology; Female; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Infant; Japan; Male; Rectum - microbiology; Tertiary Care Centers; Japan
• ISSN: 1344-6304; 1884-2836
• DOI: 10.7883/yoken.65.548

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing-Enterobacteriaceae strains were detected in 12% (6 out of 50) of fecal samples collected from the inpatients of a Japanese pediatric hospital. All the ESBLs belonged to the CTX-M-1 group. The proportion of carriage of ESBL producers was higher among patients who had received antibiotics within the past 3 months and among those who had cardiologic diseases.