Prevalence of faecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing <i>Escherichia coli</i> in veterinary hospital staff and students.

ABSTRACT: Extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria causing clinical infections are often also multidrug-resistant (MDR; resistance to ≥3 antimicrobial drug classes), therefore treatment options may be limited. High carriage rates of these potentially zoonotic bacteria have been found in livestock and companion animals. Therefore, people working in veterinary hospitals may be a high-risk population for carriage. This is the first study to determine the prevalence and longitudinal carriage of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) and ESBL-producing faecal Escherichia coli in veterinary hospital staff and students. Prevalence of faecal AMR and ESBL-producing E coli was determined in 84 staff members and students in three UK veterinary hospitals. Twenty-seven participants were follo

SUBMITTER: Royden A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6327872 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature