Characterization of Plasmid-Mediated β-Lactamases in Fecal Colonizing Patients in the Hospital and Community Setting in Spain

Abstract

The prevalence of ESBL-producers from fecal carriers is stable in our area, but colonization by pAmpC producers has emerged recently as we have confirmed. Periodic active surveillance is useful to identify these human reservoirs and control the evolution of PMBL carriage in a community over time.