High colonization rates of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli in Swiss Travellers to South Asia- a prospective observational multicentre cohort study looking at epidemiology, microbiology and risk factors

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kuenzli, Esther ^a,b   Jaeger, Veronika K ^a,b   Frei, Reno ^a   Neumayr, Andreas ^b   DeCrom, Susan ^c   Haller, Sabine ^c   Blum, Johannes ^b   Widmer, Andreas F ^a   Furrer, Hansjakob ^d   Battegay, Manuel ^a   Endimiani, Andrea ^d   Hatz, Christoph ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colonization; Enterobacteriaceae; ESBL; South Asia; Traveller

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; MEROPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; ICE CREAM; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTAL SWAB; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; SWISS; TRAVEL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FECES; GENETICS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910068674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-528     Document Type: Article

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