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Epidemiology
Introduction of highly resistant bacteria into a hospital via patients repatriated or recently hospitalized in a foreign country

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Abstract

We describe the prevalence of carriage and variables associated with introduction of highly drug-resistant microorganisms (HDRMO) into a French hospital via patients repatriated or recently hospitalized in a foreign country. The prevalence of HDRMO was 11% (15/132), with nine carbapenamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, nine carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and six glycopeptide-resistant enterococci. Half of the admitted patients (63/132, 48%) were colonized with extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBLPE). Among the four episodes with secondary cases, three involved A. baumannii.

Carbapenamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
colonization
vglycopeptide-resistant enterococci
repatriation

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Editor: R. Cantón

Article published online: 21 February 2014