Prospective Evaluation of Colonization with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL)–Producing Enterobacteriaceae Among Patients at Hospital Admission and of Subsequent Colonization with ESBL-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Among Patients During Hospitalization

Abstract

Rectal carriage of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae occurred in 13 (8%) of 167 patients at admission to the medical departments of our hospital and in 4 (33%) of 12 patients still remaining in our hospital after 2 weeks.