Is extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli rectal carriage at hospital admission predictable? Risk factors at hospital admission

J Hosp Infect. 2010 Oct;76(2):178-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.05.019. Epub 2010 Jul 14.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Carrier State / diagnosis*
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnostic Tests, Routine / economics*
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli Infections / diagnosis*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / biosynthesis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / economics
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Admission
  • Rectum / microbiology*
  • Risk Factors
  • Young Adult
  • beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis*

Substances

  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • beta-Lactamases