Carriage of ESBL-producing Gram-negative bacteria by flies captured in a hospital and its suburban surroundings in Ethiopia.
Tafese Beyene TufaAndre FuchsTobias WienemannYannik EggersSileshi AbdissaMarlen SchneiderBjörn-Erik Ole JensenJohannes G BodeKlaus PfefferDieter HäussingerColin R MackenzieHans Martin OrthTorsten FeldtPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2020)
A high proportion of ESBL was identified in isolates from flies caught in the hospital compound compared with isolates of flies collected at a distance of 1.5 km from the hospital. Flies can be potential vectors for transmission of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria within hospitals. Further studies are needed to determine the source of MDR colonization in flies and possible impact of MDR for nosocomial infections.