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Table 2 Microbiology culture results of mothers involved

From: The first occurrence of a CTX-M ESBL-producing Escherichia coli outbreak mediated by mother to neonate transmission in an Irish neonatal intensive care unit

 

High vaginal swab

Rectal swab

Mid-stream urine

Expressed breast milk

ESBL resistance mechanism

Mother of neonate 1

negative

negative

negative

negative

not tested

Mother of neonate 2 (index case)

negative

ESBL positive

ESBL positive

ESBL positive

CTX-M

Mother of neonates 3&4

negative

not tested

not tested

not tested

not tested

Mother of neonate 5

negative

negative

negative

not tested

not tested

Mother of neonate 6

negative

ESBL positive

ESBL positive

negative

CTX-M