Epidemiology of intestinal colonization by members of the family Enterobacteriaceae highly resistant to erythromycin in a hematology-oncology unit.
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.
D002353:Carrier State; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications
D004917:Erythromycin