Abstract
We investigated the effect of international travel on the gut resistome of 122 healthy travelers from the Netherlands by using a targeted metagenomic approach. Our results confirm high acquisition rates of the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase encoding gene bla(CTX-M), documenting a rise in prevalence from 9.0% before travel to 33.6% after travel (p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 649-657 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2014 |
Keywords
- MEDIATED QUINOLONE RESISTANCE
- SPECTRUM BETA-LACTAMASES
- ESCHERICHIA-COLI
- FOREIGN TRAVEL
- PLASMID
- ENTEROBACTERIACEAE
- PCR
- COLONIZATION
- DETERMINANTS
- MICROBIOME