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High Rate of Fecal Carriage of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Healthy Children in Gipuzkoa, Northern Spain

2014; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 58; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/aac.01503-13

1098-6596

María Fernández‐Reyes, Diego Vicente, María José Barahona Gomáriz, Olatz Esnal, Joseba Landa, Eider Oñate, Emilio Pérez‐Trallero,

Urinary Tract Infections Management

ABSTRACT The prevalence of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBLPE) was studied in stool samples from 125 8- to 16-month-old healthy children. Twenty-four percent of them and 10.7% of the 318 fecal samples studied yielded extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli , with the types being SHV-12, CTX-M-1, CTX-M-14, and TEM-52, the most common types of β-lactamases. This high prevalence of ESBLPE in healthy people, which is to our knowledge the highest currently reported in Europe, may represent a risk for increased infections by these organisms in the future.