High rate of fecal carriage of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in healthy children in Gipuzkoa, northern Spain

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014;58(3):1822-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01503-13. Epub 2014 Jan 6.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carrier State / epidemiology*
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / enzymology
  • Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • beta-Lactam Resistance