Antibiotic Exposure during the Preceding Six Months Is Related to Intestinal ESBL-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Carriage in the Elderly

• Main Authors: Man Zhang (Author), Xiaohua Qin (Author), Baixing Ding (Author), Zhen Shen (Author), Zike Sheng (Author), Shi Wu (Author), Yang Yang (Author), Xiaogang Xu (Author), Fupin Hu (Author), Xiaoqin Wang (Author), Yu Zhang (Author), Minggui Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Intestinal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing <i>Enterobacteriaceae</i> (ESBL-PE carriage) poses a health risk to the elderly. It was aimed to study the prevalence and the risk factors of intestinal ESBL-PE carriage in the elderly. An observational study of a 921-elderly...