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Intestinal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae at admission in a Portuguese hospital

Aires-de-Sousa, Marta ; Lopes, Elizeth ; Gonçalves, Maria Luísa ; Pereira, Ana Luísa ; Machado e Costa, Augusto ; Lencastre, Hermínia de ; Poirel, Laurent

In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2019, p. -

To evaluate the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)–producing Enterobacteriaceae fecal carriers at admission in a Portuguese hospital and to determine the epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance patterns of ESBL-producing isolates. During a 2-month period, rectal swabs were collected at hospital admission from 151 at-risk patients. In addition, 48 rectal swabs were...