Clonal Spread of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O128:H45 strain in the neonate units.

Clonal Spread of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli O128:H45 strain in the neonate units.
Jpn J Infect Dis. 2015 Jul 10;
Authors: Zeng M, Shi W, Chang H, Wang A, He L, Fu P, Xu X, Wang C
Abstract
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) has the potential to cause nosocomial infantile diarrhea in the hospital settings. We detected 12 ETEC serotype O128:H45 isolates from diarrheal neonates in the neonate unit during the period of July-October in 2012. These babies developed hospital-acquired diarrhea or were epidemiologically related. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis and multilocus sequence typing of these 12 isolates suggested that a specific clone of ETEC serotype O128:H45-CS21-ST2332 caused the nosocomial diarrheal among neonates. Of concern, this ETEC clone strain was resistant to multiple drugs, particularly the third-generation cephalosporins.
PMID: 26166503 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - July 10, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Zeng M, Shi W, Chang H, Wang A, He L, Fu P, Xu X, Wang C Tags: Jpn J Infect Dis Source Type: research