Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Eurosurveillance, Volume 21, Issue 2, 14 January 2016
Rapid communication
MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA IN UNACCOMPANIED REFUGEE MINORS ARRIVING IN FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY, OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 2015
Citation style for this article: Heudorf U, Krackhardt B, Karathana M, Kleinkauf N, Zinn C. Multidrug-resistant bacteria in unaccompanied refugee minors arriving in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, October to November 2015. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(2)
ii=30109. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.2.30109
Received:17 December 2015; Accepted:14 January 2016
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Many refugees arriving in Germany originate or have travelled through countries with high prevalence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative organisms.
Therefore, all unaccompanied refugee minors (<18 years-old) arriving in Frankfurt am Main between 12 October and 6 November 2015, were screened for multidrug-resistantEnterobacteriaceae in stool samples.
Enterobacteriaceae with extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) were detected in 42 of 119 (35%) individuals, including nine with additional resistance to fluoroquinolones (8% of total screened), thus exceeding the prevalences in the German population by far.
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Rapid communication
MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA IN UNACCOMPANIED REFUGEE MINORS ARRIVING IN FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY, OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 2015
Citation style for this article: Heudorf U, Krackhardt B, Karathana M, Kleinkauf N, Zinn C. Multidrug-resistant bacteria in unaccompanied refugee minors arriving in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, October to November 2015. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(2)
ii=30109. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.2.30109Received:17 December 2015; Accepted:14 January 2016
[h=4][/h]
Many refugees arriving in Germany originate or have travelled through countries with high prevalence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative organisms.
Therefore, all unaccompanied refugee minors (<18 years-old) arriving in Frankfurt am Main between 12 October and 6 November 2015, were screened for multidrug-resistantEnterobacteriaceae in stool samples.
Enterobacteriaceae with extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) were detected in 42 of 119 (35%) individuals, including nine with additional resistance to fluoroquinolones (8% of total screened), thus exceeding the prevalences in the German population by far.
LINK TO FULL ARTICLE