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High rate of intestinal colonization with extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing organisms in household contacts of infected community patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2008
Valverde Aránzazu, Grill Fabio, Coque Teresa M, Pintado Vicente, Baquero Fernando, Cantón Rafael, Cobo Javier
Abstract excerpt
Fecal carriage of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms was detected in 70% of index cases of patients (n = 40) with community-acquired infections due to ESBL producers and reached 16.7% in household contacts (n = 54). A total of 66% of ESBL-producing organisms from index cases were indistinguishable from isolates from household contacts by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Patients with...
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