Tracing carriage, acquisition, and transmission of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli over two years in a tertiary care hospital

Tracing carriage, acquisition, and transmission of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli over two years in a tertiary care hospital

Abstract Background The impact of community carriage on the influx of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E) into hospitals remains understudied. In this prospective 2-year single-centre study, we investigate the community ESBL-E influx and trace the colonisation, nosoc...

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Main Authors: Minh Ngoc Nguyen, Beryl Primrose Gladstone, Giulia De Angelis, Michael Biggel, Basil Britto Xavier, Christine Lammens, Qiang Lin, Sandra Van Puyvelde, Herman Goossens, Samir Kumar-Singh, Youri Glupczynski, Yehuda Carmeli, Evelina Tacconelli, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, the SATURN WP1, 4, 5 study groups
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-12-01
Series:Genome Medicine
Subjects:
ESBL-Escherichia coli
Nosocomial acquisition
Antibiotic selective pressure
Community setting
Hospital setting
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-024-01424-2
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