High burden of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Gabon | Zendy

Frieder Schaumburg | Zendy; Abraham Alabi | Zendy; Cosme Kokou | Zendy; Martin P. Grobusch | Zendy; Robin Köck | Zendy; Harry Kaba | Zendy; Karsten Becker | Zendy; Ayôla Akim Adégnika | Zendy; Peter G. Kremsner | Zendy; Georg Peters | Zendy; Alexander Mellmann | Zendy

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High burden of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Gabon

Author(s) -

Frieder Schaumburg,

Abraham Alabi,

Cosme Kokou,

Martin P. Grobusch,

Robin Köck,

Harry Kaba,

Karsten Becker,

Ayôla Akim Adégnika,

Peter G. Kremsner,

Georg Peters,

Alexander Mellmann

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt164

Subject(s) - carriage , colonization , meropenem , ciprofloxacin , genotyping , medicine , antibiotics , enterobacteriaceae , antibiotic resistance , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genotype , escherichia coli , biochemistry , pathology , gene

Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) are sporadically reported from infections in sub-Saharan Africa. Travellers returning from the tropics have a high risk of ESBL-E colonization, which suggests a high prevalence of ESBL-E in Africa. Our objective was to assess the burden of rectal ESBL-E colonization and associated risk factors in Gabon, Central Africa

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