Laurence Armand-Lefèvre, Emilie Rondinaud, Dimitri Desvillechabrol, Jimmy Mullaert, Olivier Clermont, Marie Petitjean, Etienne Ruppe, Thomas Cokelaer, Christiane Bouchier, Olivier Tenaillon, Laurence Ma, Yasmine Nooroya, Sophie Matheron, The Voyag-R Study Group, Antoine Andremont, Erick Denamur, Sean P Kennedy
Travel to tropical regions is associated with high risk of acquiring extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E) that are typically cleared in less than 3 months following return. The conditions leading to persistent carriage that exceeds 3 months in some travellers require investigation. Whole-genome sequencing (Illumina MiSeq) was performed on the 82 ESBL-E isolates detected upon return and 1, 2, 3, 6 and 12 months later from the stools of 11 long-term (>3 months) ESBL-E carriers following travel abroad...
July 2021: Microbial Genomics