Carriage of CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli isolates among children living in a remote village in Senegal

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Jul;53(7):3135-7. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00139-09. Epub 2009 Apr 13.

Abstract

Two out of 20 children with no known antibiotic exposure, living in a very remote Senegalese village, were found to be fecal carriers of a multiresistant Escherichia coli clone that produced CTX-M-15. This highlights the current massive spread of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, even in isolated communities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Senegal
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • beta-lactamase CTX-M-15
  • beta-Lactamases