Vegetarians are not less colonized with extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing bacteria than meat eaters

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Jan;69(1):281-2. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt335. Epub 2013 Aug 21.
No abstract available

Keywords: ESBL carriage; dietary habits; gastrointestinal colonization.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteria / enzymology*
  • Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Carrier State / epidemiology
  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Feeding Behavior*
  • Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology*
  • Healthy Volunteers
  • Humans
  • Prevalence
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta-Lactamases