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

Extended-spectrum [beta]-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 amon...

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Published inJapanese 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
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2012
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Enterobacteriaceae
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Summary:Extended-spectrum [beta]-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.
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ISSN:1344-6304
1884-2836