Fecal carriage of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli by community children in southern Taiwan

Fecal carriage of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli by community children in southern Taiwan

Abstract Background The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli (E. coli), particularly E. coli sequence type ST131, is becoming a global concern. Commensal bacteria, an important reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes, facilitate the spread of such genes to pathogenic bacterial st...

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Main Authors: I-Fei Huang, Wei-Yang Lee, Jiun-Ling Wang, Chih-Hsin Hung, Hong-Hsiang Hu, Wan-Yu Hung, Yun-Ju Hung, Wen-Chi Chen, Ying-Tso Shen, Ming-Fang Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
Fecal carriage
Multidrug-resistant
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase
Children
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12876-018-0807-x

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