OBJECTIVES: International adoption from developing countries has become an increasing phenomenon in recent years. Given the high prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in these countries, the adopted children represent a group at risk for both carriage and infection with MDR bacteria. The dynamics of intrafamilial transmission of MDR bacteria after adoption was studied in a prospective study from January 2002 to January 2005. METHODS: Stool samples, taken at the first visit to the outpatient adoption practice and subsequently every month, from the adopted children of an orphanage of Bamako (Mali) and from all the members of their adoptive families were screened for MDR bacteria and bacterial pathogens. Bacteria were characterized by standard biochemical methods, disc diffusion antibiograms, PFGE and plasmid analysis. beta-Lactamase genes were sought by PCR. RESULTS: Over the study period, 52 ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae (E-ESBL), with Escherichia coli (56%) being the most prevalent, were isolated from 24/25 adoptees at arrival in France. During follow-up, the transmission of ESBL-producing E. coli and Salmonella enterica Babelsberg between the adoptees and their adoptive family members has clearly been demonstrated for 5/22 families (23%). The mean duration of the carriage for the adopted children was 9 months (1-15 months). CTX-M-15 was the most prevalent resistance gene among the E-ESBLs (93%), while SHV-12 was found among the S. enterica Babelsberg studied. CONCLUSIONS: International travellers, transfer of patients and now adoption may contribute to the global emergence of MDR bacteria. Thus, in addition to the usual screening of adopted children for infectious diseases, additional screening for MDR bacteria should be recommended, at least for children coming from countries with a high prevalence of MDR bacteria.
OBJECTIVES: International adoption from developing countries has become an increasing phenomenon in recent years. Given the high prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in these countries, the adopted children represent a group at risk for both carriage and infection with MDR bacteria. The dynamics of intrafamilial transmission of MDR bacteria after adoption was studied in a prospective study from January 2002 to January 2005. METHODS: Stool samples, taken at the first visit to the outpatient adoption practice and subsequently every month, from the adopted children of an orphanage of Bamako (Mali) and from all the members of their adoptive families were screened for MDR bacteria and bacterial pathogens. Bacteria were characterized by standard biochemical methods, disc diffusion antibiograms, PFGE and plasmid analysis. beta-Lactamase genes were sought by PCR. RESULTS: Over the study period, 52 ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae (E-ESBL), with Escherichia coli (56%) being the most prevalent, were isolated from 24/25 adoptees at arrival in France. During follow-up, the transmission of ESBL-producing E. coli and Salmonella enterica Babelsberg between the adoptees and their adoptive family members has clearly been demonstrated for 5/22 families (23%). The mean duration of the carriage for the adopted children was 9 months (1-15 months). CTX-M-15 was the most prevalent resistance gene among the E-ESBLs (93%), while SHV-12 was found among the S. enterica Babelsberg studied. CONCLUSIONS: International travellers, transfer of patients and now adoption may contribute to the global emergence of MDR bacteria. Thus, in addition to the usual screening of adopted children for infectious diseases, additional screening for MDR bacteria should be recommended, at least for children coming from countries with a high prevalence of MDR bacteria.
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