Duration of travel-associated faecal colonisation with ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae - A one year follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a previous study, we found that 30% of individuals travelling outside Scandinavia acquired extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) in their faecal flora. The aim of this study was to determine the duration of travel-associated faecal colonisation with ESBL-PE, to assess risk factors for prolonged colonisation and to detect changes in antibiotic susceptibility during prolonged colonisation.

Methods

Individuals with travel-associated colonisation with ESBL-PE submitted faecal samples every 3rd month over a one-year period. A questionnaire was completed at the beginning and end of follow-up. All specimens were analysed for ESBL-PE, and all isolates underwent confirmatory phenotype testing as well as molecular characterisation of ESB

SUBMITTER: OstholmBalkhed A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6200250 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature