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Prevalence of faecal ESBL carriage in the community and in a hospital setting in a county of Southern Sweden.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Oct 2011
Strömdahl H, Tham J, Melander E, Walder M, Edquist P J, Odenholt I
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The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria in patients at various hospital wards and in a group of relatively healthy volunteers, in order to obtain greater knowledge on how common these bacterial strains are in hospital settings and in the general community. Participants (n = 427) were enrolled at a University Hospital and at Primary...
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