Open AccessEpidemiology of intestinal colonization by members of the family Enterobacteriaceae highly resistant to erythromycin in a hematology-oncology unit
Author(s) -
Antoine Andremont,
H. SanchoGarnier,
C Tancrède
Publication year - 1986
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.29.6.1104
Subject(s) - erythromycin , hematology , enterobacteriaceae , carriage , medicine , colonization , incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology , pathology , escherichia coli , biochemistry , physics , optics , gene
Intestinal colonization by highly erythromycin-resistant members of the family Enterobacteriaceae was surveyed for 4 years in a hematology-oncology unit. Fifty-four of 555 patients (9.7%) were colonized, each with a different strain. The incidence of intestinal carriage was not correlated with erythromycin consumption in the ward but was strongly associated with individual exposure to erythromycin.