Colonization with multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae among infants: an observational study in southern Sri Lanka.

Hannah R MeredithSarath KularatnaKristin NagaroAjith NagahawatteChampica BodinayakeRuvini KurukulasooriyaNishadhi WijesinghaLyndy B HardenBhagya PiyasiriAmr HammoudaBrian M WiegmannBradly P NicholsonMaria JoyceChristopher W WoodsArnoud H M Van VlietSiddhartha ThakurL Gayani Tillekeratne

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2021)

Our results suggest that a substantial proportion of infants undergo MDRE intestinal colonization within 6 weeks of birth, potentially due to postnatal rather than intranatal transmission.

Keyphrases

multidrug resistant
drug resistant
gram negative
acinetobacter baumannii
gestational age
klebsiella pneumoniae
preterm infants
pseudomonas aeruginosa
escherichia coli
pregnant women