Carriage of Escherichia coli Producing CTX-M-Type Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase in Healthy Vietnamese Individuals

Abstract

ABSTRACTHealthy carriage of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producingEscherichia coliwas examined by thrice collecting fecal samples from the same 199 healthy Vietnamese subjects every 6 months. Using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), identical PFGE patterns throughout the three samplings were not observed, although prevalence ofE. coliin the subjects was around 50% in the three samplings. Our results suggested a short carriage period of the CTX-M-type ESBL-producingE. coliin healthy Vietnamese subjects.