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Table 2 Prevalence of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (MDRE) intestinal colonization in mothers and infants

From: Colonization with multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae among infants: an observational study in southern Sri Lanka

 

Mother (%)

Infant (%)

Enrollment (nmother = 199, ninfant = 199)

24 (12.1)

3 (1.5)

 ESBL E. coli

22 (91.7)

3 (100.0)

 ESBL K. pneumoniae

2 (8.3)

0 (0)

Reassessment (nmother = 148, ninfant = 151)

26 (17.6)

24 (15.9)

 ESBL E. coli

26 (100.0)

17 (70.8)

 ESBL K. pneumoniae

0 (0)

4 (16.7)

 CRE K. pneumoniae

0 (0)

4 (16.7)

Overall (nmother = 347, ninfant = 350)

50 (14.4)

27 (7.7)

 ESBL E. coli

48 (96.0)

20 (71.4)

 ESBL K. pneumoniae

2 (4.0)

4 (14.8)

 CRE K. pneumoniae

0 (0)

4 (14.8)

  1. Values are reported as frequency (proportion) of mothers or infants who were colonized by at least one isolate from a given category
  2. E. coli: Escherichia coli; K. pneumoniae: Klebsiella pneumoniae; ESBL: extended spectrum β-lactamase; CRE: carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae