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Carriage of CTX-M-15-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates among Children Living in a Remote Village in Senegal

2009; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 53; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/aac.00139-09

1098-6596

Étienne Ruppé, Paul‐Louis Woerther, Abdoulaye Diop, Anne-Marie Sene, A. D. de Paula Costa, Guillaume Arlet, Antoine Andremont, B Rouveix,

Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections

Two out of 20 children with no known antibiotic exposure, living in a very remote Senegalese village, were found to be fecal carriers of a multiresistant Escherichia coli clone that produced CTX-M-15. This highlights the current massive spread of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, even in isolated communities.