Screening for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae intestinal carriage among children aged under five in Lomé, Togo

Med Mal Infect. 2018 Dec;48(8):551-554. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2018.07.004. Epub 2018 Sep 3.
No abstract available

Keywords: BLSE; Carriage; ESBL; Gastro-entérite; Gastroenteritis; Portage.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Carrier State / diagnosis*
  • Carrier State / epidemiology
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial* / genetics
  • Enterobacteriaceae / genetics
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / metabolism
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
  • Feces / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Mass Screening* / methods
  • Togo / epidemiology
  • beta-Lactamases* / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases* / metabolism

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases