Extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in international travelers and non-travelers in New York City. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: We performed this study 1) to determine the prevalence of community-associated extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBLPE) colonization and infection in New York City (NYC); 2) to determine the prevalence of newly-acquired ESBLPE during travel; 3) to look for similarities in contemporaneous hospital-associated bloodstream ESBLPE and travel-associated ESBLPE. METHODS: Subjects were recruited from a travel medicine practice and consented to submit pre- and post-travel stools, which were assessed for the presence of ESBLPE. Pre-travel stools and stools submitted for culture were used to estimate the prevalence of community-associated ESBLPE. The prevalence of ESBLPE-associated urinary tract infections was calculated from available retrospective data. Hospital-associated ESBLPE were acquired from saved bloodstream isolates. All ESBLPE underwent multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and ESBL characterization. RESULTS: One of 60 (1.7%) pre- or non-travel associated stool was colonized with ESBLPE. Among community-associated urine specimens, 1.3% of Escherichia coli and 1.4% of Klebsiella pneumoniae were identified as ESBLPE. Seven of 28 travelers (25.0%) acquired a new ESBLPE during travel. No similarities were found between travel-associated ESBLPE and hospital-associated ESBLPE. A range of imported ESBL genes were found, including CTX-M-14 and CTX-15. CONCLUSION: ESBL colonization and infection were relatively low during the study period in NYC. A significant minority of travelers acquired new ESBLPE during travel.

publication date

  • September 20, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Internationality
  • Travel
  • beta-Lactamases

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3447858

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84866668855

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1371/journal.pone.0045141

PubMed ID

  • 23028808

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 7

issue

  • 9