Université de Fribourg

Prevalence of faecal carriage of colistin-resistant Gram-negative rods in a university hospital in western France, 2016

Saly, Marion ; Jayol, Aurélie ; Poirel, Laurent ; Megraud, Francis ; Nordmann, Patrice ; Dubois, Véronique

In: Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2017, vol. 66, no. 6, p. 842–843

Plasmid-mediated and chromosomally-encoded colistin resistance is increasingly being reported worldwide. We aimed to determine the prevalence of faecal carriage of colistin-resistant Gram-negative rod isolates in a university hospital in western France. From February to May 2016, rectal swabs from 653 patients hospitalized in various clinical settings were recovered and subsequently screened...