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People with an antibiotic resistant E.coli urinary tract infection cancun hotel deals (UTI) are up to six times more likely to have recently travelled to India than those with a typical E. coli UTI, a new study has found.
The findings, to be presented this week at the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases’ Scientific Meeting , were revealed in a press conference convened by the Australian Science Media Centre on Monday.
The new research, titled the Community Onset of Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing E. coli (COOEE) Study, centred on 180 people with E.coli infections, the bacteria that most commonly causes UTIs, also known as cystitis .
Most of the patients studied (83%) had E.coli present in their urine but 17% also had it in their blood. Most suffered from a UTI but others cancun hotel deals had upper tract infections, meaning the bacteria had spread to their kidneys. Some people had no symptoms at all.
“We found there is a six times higher likelihood that a person who got an antibiotic resistant E.coli had been to India recently, compared to the control group,” said co-author of the study, Professor David Paterson from the University of Queensland cancun hotel deals Centre for Clinical Research.
“My guess would be that well over 50% of people who go to India do not come back with an antibiotic resistant bacteria that causes an infection. We are not warning people not to go to Southeast Asia or India,” he said.
Humans can become infected by eating undercooked meat, vegetables that have been fertilised with animal manure or by visiting a hospital experiencing an outbreak of antibiotic resistant bacteria, he said.
“So if you are overseas, don’t do silly things like hire a motor scooter if you aren’t experienced at driving them because the real hotbeds of antibiotic resistance are hospitals overseas,” said Professor Paterson.
“Don’t eat meat that’s not well cooked, don’t have ice in drinks, avoid green leafy vegetables that may have been fertilised by manure and take a bottle of alcohol cancun hotel deals hand rub and use it before cancun hotel deals you eat. These are simple things people can do.”
Men who pick up antibiotic resistant E.coli while overseas and then have a prostate biopsy after returning home are are at particular risk because the biopsy process cancun hotel deals can push the bacteria into the prostate, he said.
“I have had a number of patients who have ended up in intensive care after a prostate cancun hotel deals biopsy,” he said adding that the other risk group was women who were prone to UTIs and had recently travelled to Asia.
“From a public cancun hotel deals health perspective, it’s a big concern for us. There are concerns about people who travel and making sure they get good travel advice before they go and take precautions when they are eating food overseas or if they suffer injuries,” he said.