Fecal Carriage and Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase/Carbapenemases Producing Enterobacterales Isolates in Bulgarian Hospitals

• Main Authors: Rumyana Markovska (Author), Petya Stankova (Author), Temenuga Stoeva (Author), Dobrinka Ivanova (Author), Daniela Pencheva (Author), Radka Kaneva (Author), Lyudmila Boyanova (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The gastrointestinal tract is an important reservoir of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)/carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales isolates. This study included patients from two Bulgarian hospitals. Overall, 98 ESBL producers (including 68 <i>Escherichia coli</i> and 20 <i>K...