Long-Term Care Facilities Are Reservoirs for Antimicrobial-Resistant Sequence Type 131 Escherichia coli

Background. Emerging data implicate long-term care facilities (LTCFs) as reservoirs of fluoroquinolone-resistant (FQ-R) Escherichia coli of sequence type 131 (ST131). We screened for ST131 among LTCF residents, characterized isolates molecularly, and identified risk factors for colonization. Methods...

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Autores principales: Burgess, Mary J., Johnson, James R., Porter, Stephen B., Johnston, Brian, Clabots, Connie, Lahr, Brian D., Uhl, James R., Banerjee, Ritu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26034762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv011

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26034762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofv011

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