Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriacae: unexpected low prevalence of carriage in elderly French residents

Age Ageing. 2012 Mar;41(2):233-7. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afr173.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aging
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Carrier State*
  • Cefotaxime / therapeutic use
  • Chi-Square Distribution
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests
  • Enterobacteriaceae / drug effects
  • Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / drug therapy
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / transmission*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Female
  • France / epidemiology
  • Homes for the Aged
  • Humans
  • Long-Term Care
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Urine / microbiology
  • beta-Lactam Resistance
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • beta-Lactamases
  • Cefotaxime