title: Extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli faecal carriage in Spanish travellers returning from tropical and subtropical countries.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) -producing Escherichia coli in stool samples from 457 patients with travellers' diarrhoea who had travelled to tropical and subtropical countries. Ninety-seven ESBL-producing E. coli strains were isolated from 17.9% of the patients (82/457). CTX-M-15 was the most prevalent enzyme (80%) and India was the most visited country and showed the highest prevalence of positive samples (37.4%).
authors: Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, (CRESIB), (Hospital Clínic - University of Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Solé
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Pitart
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Oliveira
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Fàbrega
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Muñoz
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Campo
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Salvador
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Alvarez-Martínez
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Gascón
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Marco
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Vila
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013030:Spain; D014195:Travel; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001618:beta-Lactamases
keywords: CTX-M-15; Cephalosporin resistant; Enterobacteriaceae; India; diarrhoea