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Giuseppe Valenza1, Silke Nickel, Yvonne Pfeifer, Christoph Eller, Elzbieta Krupa, Verena Lehner-Reindl, Christiane Höller.
Abstract
We determined the presence of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli among 3,344 study participants from the German community. Intestinal colonization was detected in 211 persons (6.3%), without significant differences among the different age groups. The majority (95.2%) of isolates harbored CTX-M-type ESBL, with CTX-M-15 (46%) and CTX-M-1 (24.2%) as the most common types. The finding of ESBL producers and one isolate additionally producing carbapenemase OXA-244 indicates a risk of dissemination of resistant bacteria outside the hospitals.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24295972 PMCID: PMC3910888 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01993-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191