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Faecal Carriage of Gram-Negative Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria among Patients Hospitalized in Two Centres in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Baljin Bayaraa, Baldan Ganbaatar, Chimeddorj Battogtokh, Tulgaa Khosbayar, Gunchin Batbaatar, Sandag Tsogtsaikhan, Pfeffer Klaus, MacKenzie Colin R, Wendel Andreas F
Abstract excerpt
Gram-negative multidrug-resistant organisms (GN-MDRO) producing β-lactamases (ESBL, plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamases and carbapenemases) are increasingly reported throughout Asia. The aim of this surveillance study was to determine the rate of bacterial colonization in patients from two hospitals in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. Rectal swabs were obtained from patients referred to the National Traumatology...
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