Proportion of Rectal Carriage of Extended-Spectrum [beta]-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: 01.01.2012
• Subjects: Enterobacteriaceae

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...