Antibacterial Resistance, Wayampis Amerindians, French Guyana

Drug resistance in fecal bacteria was high in Wayampis Amerindians who did not take antibacterial agents and were not hospitalized for 1 year. In the Wayampis Amerindians, an isolated traditional community in French Guyana, antibacterial use was 0.64 treatments per person per year. Hospitalization r...

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Autores principales: Grenet, Karine, Guillemot, Didier, Jarlier, Vincent, Moreau, Brigitte, Dubourdieu, Stéphane, Ruimy, Raymond, Armand-Lefevre, Laurence, Bau, Pierre, Andremont, Antoine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3323165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15207074
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1006.031015
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Sumario:Drug resistance in fecal bacteria was high in Wayampis Amerindians who did not take antibacterial agents and were not hospitalized for 1 year. In the Wayampis Amerindians, an isolated traditional community in French Guyana, antibacterial use was 0.64 treatments per person per year. Hospitalization rate was 6.1% per year. Antibacterial drug–resistant bacteria can spread in persons who are not taking antibacterial agents.

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