Prevalence of and risk factors associated with faecal carriage of CTX-M β-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in rural Thai communities

• Main Authors: Ulzii Orshikh Luvsansharav, Itaru Hirai, Arisa Nakata, Kaori Imura, Kou Yamauchi, Marie Niki, Chalit Komalamisra, Teera Kusolsuk, Yoshimasa Yamamoto
• 其他作者: Osaka University Faculty of Medicine
• 格式: Article
• 出版: 2018
• 主題: Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• 在線閱讀: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/14752
• 機構: Mahidol University

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of CTX-M β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae and to study the risk factors associated with faecal carriage in asymptomatic rural Thai people. Methods: In all, 417 stool samples were obtained from rural Thai people and screened for extended-spectrum β-lact...