Multidrug-resistant commensal Escherichia coli in children, Peru and Bolivia

Alessandro Bartoloni; Lucia Pallecchi; Marta Benedetti; Connie Fernandez; Yolanda Vallejos; Elisa Guzman; Ana Liz Villagran; Antonia Mantella; Chiara Lucchetti; Filippo Bartalesi; Marianne Strohmeyer; Angela Bechini; Herlan Gamboa; Hugo Rodríguez; Torkel Falkenberg; Göran Kronvall; Eduardo Gotuzzo; Franco Paradisi; Gian Maria Rossolini

Multidrug-resistant commensal Escherichia coli in children, Peru and Bolivia

Alessandro Bartoloni, Lucia Pallecchi, Marta Benedetti, Connie Fernandez, Yolanda Vallejos, Elisa Guzman, Ana Liz Villagran, Antonia Mantella, Chiara Lucchetti, Filippo Bartalesi, Marianne Strohmeyer, Angela Bechini, Herlan Gamboa, Hugo Rodríguez, Torkel Falkenberg, Göran Kronvall, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Franco Paradisi, Gian Maria Rossolini

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Abstract

Using a rapid screening method, we investigated the prevalence in fecal carriage of antimicrobial drug-resistant Escherichia coli in 3,174 healthy children from 4 urban settings in Peru and Bolivia. High resistance rates were observed for ampicillin (95%), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (94%), tetracycline (93%), streptomycin (82%), and chloramphenicol (70%). Lower resistance rates were observed for nalidixic acid (35%), kanamycin (28%), gentamicin (21%), and ciprofloxacin (18%); resistance to ceftriaxone and amikacin was uncommon (TEM, tet(A), tet(B), drfA8, sul1, sul2, and catI. These findings underscore the magnitude of the problem of antimicrobial drug resistance in low-resource settings and the urgent need for surveillance and control of this phenomenon.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	907-913
Number of pages	7
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	12
Issue number	6
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Microbiology (medical)

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Bartoloni, A., Pallecchi, L., Benedetti, M., Fernandez, C., Vallejos, Y., Guzman, E., Villagran, A. L., Mantella, A., Lucchetti, C., Bartalesi, F., Strohmeyer, M., Bechini, A., Gamboa, H., Rodríguez, H., Falkenberg, T., Kronvall, G., Gotuzzo, E., Paradisi, F., & Rossolini, G. M. (2006). Multidrug-resistant commensal Escherichia coli in children, Peru and Bolivia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 12(6), 907-913.

Multidrug-resistant commensal Escherichia coli in children, Peru and Bolivia. / Bartoloni, Alessandro; Pallecchi, Lucia; Benedetti, Marta; Fernandez, Connie; Vallejos, Yolanda; Guzman, Elisa; Villagran, Ana Liz; Mantella, Antonia; Lucchetti, Chiara; Bartalesi, Filippo; Strohmeyer, Marianne; Bechini, Angela; Gamboa, Herlan; Rodríguez, Hugo; Falkenberg, Torkel; Kronvall, Göran; Gotuzzo, Eduardo; Paradisi, Franco; Rossolini, Gian Maria.

In: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 12, No. 6, 2006, p. 907-913.

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Bartoloni, A, Pallecchi, L, Benedetti, M, Fernandez, C, Vallejos, Y, Guzman, E, Villagran, AL, Mantella, A, Lucchetti, C, Bartalesi, F, Strohmeyer, M, Bechini, A, Gamboa, H, Rodríguez, H, Falkenberg, T, Kronvall, G, Gotuzzo, E, Paradisi, F & Rossolini, GM 2006, 'Multidrug-resistant commensal Escherichia coli in children, Peru and Bolivia', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 907-913.

Bartoloni, Alessandro ; Pallecchi, Lucia ; Benedetti, Marta ; Fernandez, Connie ; Vallejos, Yolanda ; Guzman, Elisa ; Villagran, Ana Liz ; Mantella, Antonia ; Lucchetti, Chiara ; Bartalesi, Filippo ; Strohmeyer, Marianne ; Bechini, Angela ; Gamboa, Herlan ; Rodríguez, Hugo ; Falkenberg, Torkel ; Kronvall, Göran ; Gotuzzo, Eduardo ; Paradisi, Franco ; Rossolini, Gian Maria. / Multidrug-resistant commensal Escherichia coli in children, Peru and Bolivia. In: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2006 ; Vol. 12, No. 6. pp. 907-913.

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