Abstract
Objective. To determine the prevalence of extendedspectrum β-lactamases (ESBL)-producing Esherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in hospitals of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Material and Methods. To detect ESBL-production, 1 412 bacterial isolates obtained over a one year period (2008-2009) were analyzed using the double-disk synergy test, with and without clavulanic acid. Results. Hospitalaryacquired ESBL-producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae (31.8% and 35.3%) were isolated with higher prevalence that communityacquired isolates (14.4% and 0.0%) (p<0.005). Conclusions. Our study shows the presence of ESBL-producing bacteria in the three hospitals.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 341-344 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Salud Publica de Mexico |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 28 Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- APEC countries
- America
- Bacteria
- Chordata
- Developing Countries
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Enterobacteriales
- Escherichia
- Escherichia coli
- Gammaproteobacteria
- Hominidae
- Homo
- Klebsiella
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Latin America
- Mexico
- North America
- OECD Countries
- Primates
- Proteobacteria
- Threshold Countries
- animals
- antibacterial agents
- bacterial diseases
- bacterium
- beta-lactamase
- drug resistance
- enzymes
- eukaryotes
- hospitals
- human diseases
- mammals
- man
- nosocomial infections
- prokaryotes
- resistance mechanisms
- vertebrates