Acquisition of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae by healthy travellers to India, France, February 2012 to March 2013

Euro Surveill. 2014 Apr 10;19(14):20768. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.14.20768.

Abstract

Healthy travellers to countries where carbapenemases-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are endemic might be at risk for their acquisition, even without contact with the local healthcare system. Here, we report the acquisition of CPE (two OXA-181, one New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1)) in three healthy travellers returning from India. The duration of CPE intestinal carriage was less than one month. The results indicate that healthy travellers recently returning from India might be considered as at risk for CPE carriage.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • France
  • Humans
  • India
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Travel*
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • beta-Lactamases
  • beta-lactamase NDM-1
  • carbapenemase