Epidemiology and molecular typing of multidrug-resistant bacteria in day care centres in Flanders, Belgium

The global prevalence and spread of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) represent an emerging public health threat. Day care centre (DCC) attendance is a risk factor for MDRO carriage in children and their environment. This study aimed to map the epidemiology of carriage and potential transmission of these organisms within 18 Flemish DDCs (Belgium). An MDRO prevalence survey was organised between November 2018 and February 2019 among children attending the centres. Selective chromogenic culture media were used for the detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Van Kleef-Van Koeveringe, Stefanie
Matheeussen, Veerle
Jansens, Hilde
Perales Selva, Natascha
De Coninck, Dieter
De Bruyne, Katrien
Mensaert, Klaas
Kluytmans-Van Den Bergh, Marjolein
Kluytmans, Jan
Goossens, Herman
Dhaeze, Wouter
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Schlagwörter: Anti-Bacterial Agents / Belgium/epidemiology / Child / Day Care / Medical / Drug Resistance / Multiple / Bacterial/genetics / Escherichia coli / Gram-Negative Bacteria / Humans / Molecular Typing / Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci/genetics / beta-Lactamases/genetics / screening / day care centres / whole-genome sequencing / MDRO / wgMLST / transmission / Epidemiology / Infectious Diseases / Journal Article / Research Support / Non-U.S. Gov't
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28649040
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Link(s) : https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/450158

The global prevalence and spread of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) represent an emerging public health threat. Day care centre (DCC) attendance is a risk factor for MDRO carriage in children and their environment. This study aimed to map the epidemiology of carriage and potential transmission of these organisms within 18 Flemish DDCs (Belgium). An MDRO prevalence survey was organised between November 2018 and February 2019 among children attending the centres. Selective chromogenic culture media were used for the detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E), carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE), and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) in faecal swabs obtained from diapers or jars (n = 448). All isolated MDROs were subjected to resistance gene sequencing. A total of 71 of 448 samples (15.8%) yielded isolates of ESBL-E with a predominance of Escherichia coli (92.2% of ESBL-E) and ESBL resistance gene blaCTX-M-15 (50.7% of ESBL coding genes in E. coli). ESBL-E prevalence varied between DCCs, ranging from 0 to 50%. Transmission, based on the clonal relatedness of ESBL-E strains, was observed. CPE was identified in only one child carrying an E. coli with an OXA-244 gene. VRE was absent from all samples. The observed prevalence of ESBL-E in Flemish DCCs is high compared with previous studies, and our findings re-emphasise the need for rigorous hygiene measures within such centres to control the further spread of MDROs in the community.