Browsing by Autor "Eleonora Riccobono"

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    Carriage of Antibiotic-Resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> Among Healthy Children and Home-Raised Chickens: A Household Study in a Resource-Limited Setting
    (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2011) Eleonora Riccobono; Lucia Pallecchi; Antonia Mantella; Filippo Bartalesi; Ignacio Chavez Zeballos; Christian Trigoso; Ana Liz Villagrán; Alessandro Bartoloni; Gian María Rossolini
    We have previously observed high rates of acquired antibiotic resistance in commensal Escherichia coli from healthy children living in urban areas of Bolivia and Peru, including resistance to tetracycline and quinolones, which are not routinely used in childhood. In this work we investigated acquired resistance in commensal E. coli from healthy children and home-raised chickens in 12 households from one of the previously surveyed urban area in Bolivia, to ascertain the possibility of human-animal exchange of resistant strains in similar settings. The resistance rates to ampicillin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, and trimethoprim-sulphametoxazole were overall high (≥50%) and comparable between children and chickens, whereas those to quinolones were significantly higher in chickens (81% vs. 29% for nalidixic acid; 43% vs. 10% for ciprofloxacin). Molecular characterization of tetracycline- and quinolone-resistant isolates (n = 66) from children and chickens of three selected households revealed a remarkable clonal diversity and, in some cases, the presence of the same resistant strains among children or among chickens living in the same household, but not between children and chickens. Several resistance plasmids were characterized, but inter-clonal plasmid dissemination was not detected. Overall, the results from the present study suggested that cross-transmission between children and home-raised chickens could not represent a major spreading mechanism for resistant E. coli in households of resource-limited settings with high human-animal promiscuity.
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    Low prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in urban and rural community settings in Bolivia and Peru
    (Elsevier BV, 2012) Alessandro Bartoloni; Lucia Pallecchi; Connie Fernandez; Antonia Mantella; Eleonora Riccobono; Donata Magnelli; Dario Mannini; Marianne Strohmeyer; Filippo Bartalesi; Higinio Segundo
    This study provides an insight into the epidemiology of MRSA in community settings of Bolivia and Peru. Reliable, time-saving, and low-cost methods should be implemented to encourage continued surveillance of MRSA dissemination in resource-limited countries.
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    Relentless increase of resistance to fluoroquinolones and expanded-spectrum cephalosporins in Escherichia coli: 20 years of surveillance in resource-limited settings from Latin America
    (Elsevier BV, 2012) Alessandro Bartoloni; Lucia Pallecchi; Eleonora Riccobono; Antonia Mantella; Donata Magnelli; T. Di Maggio; A.L. Villagran; Yosleidys Rivero Lara; Carlos Saavedra; M. Strohmeyer