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Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine, Coraline Gruson, Suzanne Bialek-Davenet, Xavier Bertrand, Frédérique Thomas-Jean, Frédéric Bert, Mati Moyat, Elodie Meiller, Estelle Marcon, Nicolas Danchin, Latifa Noussair, Richard Moreau, Véronique Leflon-Guibout, 10-Fold increase (2006–11) in the rate of healthy subjects with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli faecal carriage in a Parisian check-up centre, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 68, Issue 3, March 2013, Pages 562–568, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dks429
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Abstract
In 2006, 0.6% of healthy subjects living in the Paris area had extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli in their gut. To assess the evolution of this rate, a study identical to that of 2006 was conducted in 2011.
Healthy adults who visited the IPC check-up centre in February–March 2011 and agreed to participate, provided stools and answered a questionnaire on the visit day. Stools were analysed to detect ESBL producers and to isolate the dominant E. coli population. ESBLs were molecularly characterized. For the subjects harbouring ESBL-producing E. coli, the phylogenetic group and sequence type (ST) were determined for both ESBL-producing and dominant E. coli isolates. PFGE profiles were also determined when two types of isolates had the same ST.
Among the 345 subjects included, 21 (6%) had ESBL-producing E. coli faecal carriage. None of the previously published risk factors was identified. CTX-M accounted for 86% and SHV-12 for 14%. Dominant and ESBL-producing E. coli were similarly distributed into phylogenetic groups (A, 52%–48%; B1, 5%; B2, 24%–14%; and D, 19%–33%). Dominant and ESBL-producing E. coli displayed a polyclonal structure (18 STs each). However, ST10 and ST131 were identified in dominant and ESBL-producing E. coli isolates from different subjects. Most (20/21) ESBL producers were subdominant and belonged (16/21) to STs different from that of the corresponding dominant E. coli.
The 10-fold increase in the rate of healthy subjects with ESBL-producing E. coli faecal carriage over a 5 year period suggests wide dissemination of these isolates in the Parisian community.
