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Long-term Carriage of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in the General Population in The Netherlands.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 17 Apr 2018
van Duijkeren Engeline, Wielders Cornelia C H, Dierikx Cindy M, van Hoek Angela H A M, Hengeveld Paul, Veenman Christiaan, Florijn Alice, Lotterman Aniek, Smit Lidwien A M, van Dissel Jaap T, Maassen Catharina B M, de Greeff Sabine C
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Background: This longitudinal study aimed to investigate (risk factors for) persistence of carriage and molecular characteristics of extended-spectrum and plasmid-encoded AmpC β-lactamase-producing (ESBL/pAmpC) Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-E/K) in adults in the Dutch community. Methods: Following a cross-sectional study (ESBL-E/K prevalence, 4.5%), a subset of ESBL-E/K-positive (n = 76) and...
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