Drug-resistant Escherichia coli, Rural Idaho

摘要

Stool carriage of drug-resistant Escherichia coli inhome-living residents of a rural community was examined.Carriage of nalidixic acid–resistant E. coli was associatedwith recent use of antimicrobial agents in the household.Household clustering of drug-resistant E. coli wasobserved. Most carriers of drug-resistant E. coli lacked con-ventional risk factors