Proportion of rectal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the inpatients of a pediatric tertiary care hospital in Japan

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2012;65(6):548-50.

Abstract

Extended-spectrum β-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.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Carrier State / epidemiology
  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Hospitalized
  • Child, Preschool
  • Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Rectum / microbiology*
  • Tertiary Care Centers
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • beta-Lactamases