The Gut of Healthy Infants in the Community as a Reservoir of ESBL and Carbapenemase-Producing Bacteria

• Main Authors: Ali F. Saleem (Author), Ahreen Allana (Author), Lauren Hale (Author), Alondra Diaz (Author), Raul Salinas (Author), Cristina Salinas (Author), Shahida M. Qureshi (Author), Aneeta Hotwani (Author), Najeeb Rahman (Author), Asia Khan (Author), Anita K. Zaidi (Author), Patrick C. Seed (Author), Mehreen Arshad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The recent rapid rise of multi-drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae (MDR-E) is threatening the treatment of common infectious diseases. Infections with such strains lead to increased mortality and morbidity. Using a cross-sectional study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of gut colonization with ext...