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Extended spectrum beta-lactamase carriage state among elderly nursing home residents in Beirut.
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- Whole-genome sequencing of extended spectrum beta lactamases (ESBLs)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (kp) isolates from selected hospitals in Malaysia.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- First Report of IMI-2-ProducingAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Updates on the Status of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales in Lebanon.International journal of microbiology · 2023Review
- Distribution of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Genes and Antimicrobial Susceptibility among Residents in Geriatric Long-Term Care Facilities in Japan.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms Colonization in Long-Term Care Facilities Around the World: A Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Whole Genome Sequencing of Extended Spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Hospitalized Patients in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Risk factors associated with prolonged intestinal colonization of ESBL-producingInfection and drug resistance · 2019Article
- Understanding the Epidemiology of Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli in the Middle East Using a One Health Approach.Frontiers in microbiology · 2019Review
- Risk factors of fecal colonization with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producingJournal of general and family medicine · 2018Article
- Longitudinal genomic surveillance of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli carriage in a long-term care facility in the United Kingdom.Genome medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae can cause severe infections, but they are also isolated from the stool of asymptomatic subjects. Faecal carriage of such organism is poorly understood.
methodsFirst phase of the study was cross-sectional with prevalence and epidemiology of ESBL faecal carriage in two nursing homes in Beirut: 57 residents in the first (NH1) and 151 residents in the second (NH2). In second phase, faecal swabs from cohort of NH1 residents were examined for carriage at six-week intervals over three-month period. Residents' charts were reviewed to assess carriage risk factors.
resultsOver 3 consecutive samplings at NH1, 81% of residents were at least one-time carriers with 50% at the first round, 60.4% at the second, and 74.5% at the last one. At NH2, 68.2% of residents were carriers. Constipation (in NH1) and antibiotic intake (in NH2) were significantly associated with higher ESBL faecal carriage while the length of stay at the nursing home (in NH2) was associated with less carriage.
conclusionFaecal carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae is high among nursing home patients in Beirut. The rate of carriage changes rapidly and significantly over time either with multiple factors playing a possible role like outbreak spreading, antibiotic, and health care system exposure.
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