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Intrafamilial transmission of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Babelsberg among the families of internationally adopted children.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 May 2010
Tandé D, Boisramé-Gastrin S, Münck M R, Héry-Arnaud G, Gouriou S, Jallot N, Nordmann P, Naas T
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OBJECTIVES: International adoption from developing countries has become an increasing phenomenon in recent years. Given the high prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in these countries, the adopted children represent a group at risk for both carriage and infection with MDR bacteria. The dynamics of intrafamilial transmission of MDR bacteria after adoption was studied in a prospective study from...
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