Colonization by Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales and Bacteremia in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients.
Luiza Arcas GonçalvesBeatriz Barbosa AnjosBruno de Melo TavaresAna Paula MarchiMarina Farrel CôrtesHermes Ryoiti HigashinoBruna Del Guerra de Carvalho MoraesJosé Victor Bortolotto BampiLiliane Dantas PinheiroFernanda de Souza SpadaoVanderson RochaThais GuimarãesSilvia Figueiredo CostaPublished in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
Although the patients presented a high colonization rate of ESBL-E upon admission, no association between colonization and infection were found. Thus, it seems that ESBL screening is not a useful strategy to assess risk factors and guide therapy for ESBL-BSI in HSCT-patients.