Colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in unaccompanied refugee minors on arrival in France

Jean-Philippe Lemoine (1) , Charlotte Pasquier (1) , Valérie Rabier (2) , Anne-Marie Binder (3) , Yseult Auffray (1) , Ludovic Gentile (1) , Matthieu Eveillard (1, 4)

1 CHU Angers - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers
2 CHU de Saint-Brieuc
3 CG49 - Conseil Général Maine et Loire
4 INCIT - Immunology and New Concepts in ImmunoTherapy

Abstract Highlight. In a prospective observational study, we recorded that 25.7% of 139 unaccompanied migrant minors arriving in Angers, Western France were colonized with extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE). Concurrently, we highlighted that some minors had acquired ESBL-PE after their arrival in France.

Mots clés: colonization; extended-spectrum β-lactamases; housing; transmission; unaccompanied migrant minors

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Jean-Philippe Lemoine, Charlotte Pasquier, Valérie Rabier, Anne-Marie Binder, Yseult Auffray, et al.. Colonization with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in unaccompanied refugee minors on arrival in France. Journal of Travel Medicine, 2022, pp.taac064. ⟨10.1093/jtm/taac064⟩. ⟨hal-03678553⟩