Drug-resistant Escherichia coli, Rural Idaho

Abstract

Stool carriage of drug-resistant Escherichia coli in home-living residents of a rural community was examined. Carriage of nalidixic acid–resistant E. coli was associated with recent use of antimicrobial agents in the household. Household clustering of drug-resistant E. coli was observed. Most carriers of drug-resistant E. coli lacked conventional risk factors.

Keywords

• Antimicrobial resistance
• Escherichia coli
• quinolones
• dispatch
• Idaho
• United States