Colonisation with pathogenic drug-resistant bacteria and Clostridioides difficile among residents of residential care facilities in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional prevalence study

BACKGROUND: Residential care facilities (RCFs) act as reservoirs for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO). There are scarce data on colonisation with MDROs in Africa. We aimed to determine the prevalence of MDROs and C. difficile and risk factors for carriage amongst residents of RCFs in Cape Town,...

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Autores principales: September, Jason, Geffen, Leon, Manning, Kathryn, Naicker, Preneshni, Faro, Cheryl, Mendelson, Marc, Wasserman, Sean
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31827776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0643-y

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31827776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0643-y

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