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Volume 19, Number 8—August 2013
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae among Travelers from the Netherlands

Sunita PaltansingComments to Author , Jessica A. Vlot, Margriet E.M. Kraakman, Romy Mesman, Marguerite L. Bruijning, Alexandra T. Bernards, Leo G. Visser1, and Karin Ellen Veldkamp1
Author affiliations: Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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Table 1

Incidence proportions and incidence rates for extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae colonization in 338 travelers from the Netherlands*

Destination No. travelers No. (%) travelers with ESBL-E after return Incidence proportion, % (SE) Person-days, all travelers Mean duration of travel, all travelers, d ESBL incidence rate/100 pdt (SE)
Southeast Asia 110 37 (34) 34 (4.5) 2,980 27 1.24 (0.20)
East Asia 33 22 (67) 67 (8.3) 776 24 2.83 (0.60)
South Asia 25 18 (72) 72 (9.2) 599 24 3.01 (0.70)
Central Asia 3 1 (30) 33 (33.3) 94 31 1.06 (1.06)
North Africa 10 4 (40) 40 (16.3) 112 11.2 3.57 (1.76)†
Central Africa 56 17 (30) 30 (6.2) 1,637 29 1.04 (0.25)
Southern Africa 26 3 (12) 12 (6.6) 631 25 0.48 (0.27)
Middle East 15 2 (13) 13 (9.1) 222 14.8 0.90 (0.64)
Central America and the Caribbean 28 7 (25) 25 (8.3) 544 19 1.29 (0.48)
South America
32
2 (6)
6 (4.4)
922
29
0.22 (0.15)
Total 338 113 (33) 33 (2.6) 8,536 25 1.32 (0.12)

*ESBL-E, extended-spectrum β-lactamase–producing Enterobacteriaceae; SE, standard error; pdt, person-days of travel.
†The ESBL incidence rate/100 pdt is represented by 4 travelers returning from North Africa who carried ESBL-E: 3 of them had traveled for 7 days and 1 had a 25-day stay abroad, which accounts for the high SE.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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