Sites of colonization with extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL)-producing enterobacteriaceae: the rationale for screening

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Nov;33(11):1170-1. doi: 10.1086/668027. Epub 2012 Sep 21.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology
  • Enterobacteriaceae / growth & development
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Groin / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening*
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pharynx / microbiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Rectum / microbiology
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Urine / microbiology
  • Young Adult
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases