Longitudinal genomic surveillance of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli carriage in a long-term care facility in the United Kingdom

Abstract Background Residents of long-term care facilities (LTCF) may have high carriage rates of multidrug-resistant pathogens, but are not currently included in surveillance programmes for antimicrobial resistance or healthcare-associated infections. Here, we describe the value derived from a long...

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Published in:	Genome Medicine
Main Authors:	Hayley J. Brodrick, Kathy E. Raven, Teemu Kallonen, Dorota Jamrozy, Beth Blane, Nicholas M. Brown, Veronique Martin, M. Estée Török, Julian Parkhill, Sharon J. Peacock
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-07-01
Subjects:	ESBL ST131 Genome Sequence Phylogeny
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13073-017-0457-6