Open AccessHigh carriage rates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in children at admission into paediatric wards of a university teaching hospital in Lagos, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Oluwaseun Olaide Jewoola,
Ibidunni Bode-Sojobi,
Folasade Ogunsola,
Patrick Okonji
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_209_19
Subject(s) - carriage , beta lactamase , medicine , enterobacteriaceae , enterobacteriaceae infections , pediatrics , teaching hospital , emergency medicine , family medicine , biology , escherichia coli , pathology , biochemistry , gene
Bowel carriage has been identified as the main reservoir of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) and hospital-acquired infections. There are gaps in the knowledge of trends of these rates, which need to be filled for the development and implementation of hospital surveillance systems and antibiotic stewardship programmes in Nigeria.