Duration of Colonization by Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Healthy Newborns and Associated Risk Factors: A Prospective Cohort Study | Zendy

María Jesús Rodríguez-Revuelta | Zendy; Lorena LópezCerero | Zendy; Lara Serrano | Zendy; Salud LunaLagares | Zendy; Álvaro Pascual | Zendy; Jesús RodríguezBaño | Zendy

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Duration of Colonization by Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Healthy Newborns and Associated Risk Factors: A Prospective Cohort Study

Author(s) -

María Jesús Rodríguez-Revuelta,

Lorena LópezCerero,

Lara Serrano,

Salud LunaLagares,

Álvaro Pascual,

Jesús RodríguezBaño

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy312

Subject(s) - medicine , colonization , enterobacteriaceae , prospective cohort study , enterobacteriaceae infections , cohort , cohort study , pediatrics , microbiology and biotechnology , escherichia coli , biology , biochemistry , gene

Duration of colonization by extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing (ESBL-E) and factors associated with it were studied in 20 newborns in Seville, Spain. Median duration of colonization was 7.5 months; factors associated with prolonged colonization were delivery by caesarean section, colonization of the mother, and phylogroup B2 isolate.

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