Prospective Study of Fecal Colonization by Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer | Zendy

Laura Calatayud | Zendy; Montserrat Arnán | Zendy; Josefina Liñares | Zendy; M.Á. Domínguez | Zendy; Carlota Gudiol | Zendy; Jordi Carratalà | Zendy; Montserrat Batlle | Zendy; JosepMaría Ribera | Zendy; Francesc Gudiol | Zendy

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Prospective Study of Fecal Colonization by Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Neutropenic Patients with Cancer

Author(s) -

Laura Calatayud,

Montserrat Arnán,

Josefina Liñares,

M.Á. Domínguez,

Carlota Gudiol,

Jordi Carratalà,

Montserrat Batlle,

JosepMaría Ribera,

Francesc Gudiol

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07

H-Index - 259

eISSN - 1070-6283

pISSN - 0066-4804

DOI - 10.1128/aac.00367-08

Subject(s) - colonization , feces , escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , prospective cohort study , neutropenia , cancer , enterobacteriaceae , medicine , chemotherapy , gene , genetics

Fecal colonization by extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producingEscherichia coli in 912 stool samples collected from 154 neutropenic patients with cancer, hospitalized at two teaching institutions, was prospectively studied. Forty-nine (31.8%) patients were colonized, 22 of them at hospital admission. Most strains were clonally unrelated and carried a CTX-M-9 group enzyme.

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