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2846. Perirectal Samples for Analysis of the Gut Microbiota as a Predictive Tool for Multi-drug-Resistant Organism (MDRO) Acquisition in Nursing Facility (NF) Patients

BACKGROUND: Most research examining the association between gut microbiota disruption and MDRO acquisition has been done in acute care settings. Obtaining stool samples in older NF adults is challenging. We hypothesized that perirectal samples can be used as a proxy of the gut microbiota. This prosp...

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Autores principales: Wang, Joyce, Cassone, Marco, Gibson, Kristen, Lansing, Bonnie, Mody, Lona, Snitkin, Evan, Rao, Krishna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809142/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz359.151