Community Fecal Carriage and Molecular Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase- and Carbapenemase-Producing from Healthy Children in the Central South China.

Background: Fecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing (ESBL-EC) and carbapenemase-producing (CP-EC) is well reported among hospitalized adults and children. However, there are few studies on the carriage prevalence and ESBL-EC and CP-EC genotypes among healthy children in China.

Patients And Methods: Stool samples were collected from 330 students in 2021 from three randomly selected primary schools in Changsha, China.