High prevalence of ESBL-positive bacteria in an obstetrics emergency hospital and neonatal care unit—Haiti, 2016

Katerina Chaintarli, Annick Lenglet, Bregeneve Dabord Beauzile, Rodnie Senat-Delva, Marie-Marcelle Mabou, C Di Martino, Marine Berthet, Sidney Wong, Joost Hopman

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2018 · 10 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

A point-prevalence survey of mothers and neonates admitted to an obstetrics emergency hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, revealed that 13 of 127 gram-negative bacteria isolates (10%) from rectal swabs were ESBL-positive in women and 30 of 59 gram-negative bacteria isolates (51%) from rectal swabs were ESBL-positive in neonates. Length of hospital stay and antibiotic consumption were risk factors for ESBL colonization.

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