Carriage of CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli isolates among children living in a remote village in Senegal.
Two out of 20 children with no known antibiotic exposure, living in a very remote Senegalese village, were found to be fecal carriers of a multiresistant Escherichia coli clone that produced CTX-M-15. This highlights the current massive spread of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, even in isolated communities.
University Paris-Diderot Medical School and Associated National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance in Commensal Flora, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46 Rue Henri Huchard, Paris, France. etienne.ruppe@bch.aphp.fr
Etienne
E
Ruppé
Paul-Louis
PL
Woerther
Abdoulaye
A
Diop
Anne-Marie
AM
Sene
Annaelle
A
Da Costa
Guillaume
G
Arlet
Antoine
A
Andremont
Bernard
B
Rouveix
D002648:Child; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012675:Senegal; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000378:metabolism*
C473109:beta-lactamase CTX-M-15; D001618:beta-Lactamases