Epidemiology of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli in the Stools of Returning Japanese Travelers, and the Risk Factors for Colonization

• Kenichiro Yaita ,

  * E-mail: kyaita81@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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• Kotaro Aoki,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takumitsu Suzuki,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Nakaharai,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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• Yukihiro Yoshimura,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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• Sohei Harada,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshikazu Ishii,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Natsuo Tachikawa

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Yokohama Municipal Citizen’s Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

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