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People with an antibiotic resistant E.coli urinary tract infection (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 car rental faro 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 car rental faro 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 .
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“We found there is a six times higher likelihood that a person who got an antibiotic resistant E.coli had been to India recently, car rental faro compared to the control car rental faro group,” said co-author of the study, Professor David Paterson car rental faro from the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research.
car rental faro “My guess would be that well over 50% of people who go to India do not come back with an antibiotic car rental faro 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 car rental faro 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 hand rub and use it before you eat. These are simple car rental faro 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 can push the bacteria into the prostate, he said.
“I have had a number of patients car rental faro who have ended up in intensive care after a prostate 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 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 car rental faro injuries,” he said.