TY - JOUR
T1 - Faecal carriage of extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing and AMpC b-lactamase-producing bacteria among Danish army recruits
AU - Hammerum, A.M
AU - Lester, C.H
AU - Jakobsen, L
AU - Porsbo, Lone Jannok
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - During May and June 2008, 84 Danish army recruits were tested
for faecal carriage of extended-spectrum b-lactamase (ESBL)-
producing and AmpC b-lactamase-producing bacteria. Three
ESBL-producing (CTX-M-14a) Escherichia coli isolates, two
AmpC-producing (CMY-2) E. coli isolates and one AmpC-producing
(CMY-34) Citrobacter freundii isolate were detected. Two
of the CTX-M-14a E. coli isolates had similar pulsed-field gel
electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing profiles, indicating
the same origin or transmission between the two army
recruits. The blaCTX-M-14a genes were transferable to an E. coli
recipient. These commensal bacteria therefore constitute a reservoir
of resistance genes that can be transferred to other
pathogenic bacteria in the intestine.
AB - During May and June 2008, 84 Danish army recruits were tested
for faecal carriage of extended-spectrum b-lactamase (ESBL)-
producing and AmpC b-lactamase-producing bacteria. Three
ESBL-producing (CTX-M-14a) Escherichia coli isolates, two
AmpC-producing (CMY-2) E. coli isolates and one AmpC-producing
(CMY-34) Citrobacter freundii isolate were detected. Two
of the CTX-M-14a E. coli isolates had similar pulsed-field gel
electrophoresis and multilocus sequence typing profiles, indicating
the same origin or transmission between the two army
recruits. The blaCTX-M-14a genes were transferable to an E. coli
recipient. These commensal bacteria therefore constitute a reservoir
of resistance genes that can be transferred to other
pathogenic bacteria in the intestine.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03340.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03340.x
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1198-743X
VL - 17
SP - 566
EP - 571
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
JF - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
IS - 4
ER -