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Fecal Carriage of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Patients and Asymptomatic Healthy Individuals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Abdulrahman Abdulla Kader ,
Angamuthu Kumar  and
Katapadi Ananthkrishna Kamath
Abdulrahman Abdulla Kader*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Almana General Hospital, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Angamuthu Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Almana General Hospital, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Katapadi Ananthkrishna Kamath
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Almana General Hospital, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
*
Almana General Hospital, Department of Clinical Microbiology, PO Box 1364, Al-Khobar 31952, Saudi Arabia ([email protected])
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Abstract

Fecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms was assessed in 272 inpatients, 162 outpatients, and 426 asymptomatic healthy individuals. Of 860 stool samples cultured, 152 (17.7%) yielded ESBL-producing organisms. Isolates were recovered from 71 (26.1%) of the inpatients, 25 (15.4%) of the outpatients, and 56 (13.1%) of the healthy individuals. These findings suggest that the community could be a reservoir of ESBL-producing organisms.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 9 , September 2007 , pp. 1114 - 1116
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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