article · BMC Microbiology

High prevalence of colonization with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing and multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales in the community in Addis Ababa Ethiopia: risk factors, carbapenem resistance, and molecular characterization

Dessie Abera
Abel Abera Negash
Ashenafi Alemu Wami
Yonas Mekonnen
Raffaele Joseph Cataldo
Surafel Fentaw
Adane Mihret
Woldaregay Erku Abegaz

20245 citationsOpen accessAddis Ababa University

Abstract

Intestinal colonization by ESBL-PE harboring the associated antibiotic resistance genes was substantially high but with low CP-CRE. Continued surveillance of community-level carriage of antimicrobial resistance Enterobacterales is warranted.

Research topics

Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Antibiotic Use and Resistance

Sustainable Development Goals

Zero Hunger

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DOI: 10.1186/s12866-024-03552-6

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