ESBL colonization and acquisition in a hospital population: The molecular epidemiology and transmission of resistance genes.

A prospective cohort study (German Clinical Trial Registry, No. 00005273) was performed to determine pre-admission colonization rates, hospital acquisition risk factors, subsequent infection rates and colonization persistence including the respective molecular epidemiology and transmission rates of...

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Main Authors: Stefan Hagel, Oliwia Makarewicz, Anita Hartung, Daniel Weiß, Claudia Stein, Christian Brandt, Ulrike Schumacher, Ralf Ehricht, Vladimir Patchev, Mathias W Pletz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208505