Maternal antibiotic exposure during pregnancy is a risk factor for community-acquired urinary tract infection caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria in infants.
Ji Hyun KimJuyoung LeeDong Hyun KimJi Young ParkHyunju LeeHee Gyung KangYo Han AhnPublished in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2021)
About one-fourth of infantile UTI cases were ESBL-positive. Prenatal antibiotic exposure of mothers and Klebsiella species were associated with community-acquired UTI caused by ESBL-positive bacteria.