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Fecal Carriage Rate of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae as a Proxy Composite Indicator of Antimicrobial Resistance in a Community in Thailand
Author(s) -
Visanu Thamlikitkul,
Teerawit Tangkoskul,
Chakkraphong Seenama
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz425
Subject(s) - medicine , enterobacteriaceae , antimicrobial , beta lactamase , carriage , proxy (statistics) , microbiology and biotechnology , feces , antibiotic resistance , escherichia coli , antibiotics , statistics , biology , mathematics , biochemistry , pathology , gene
Our AMR campaign was effective for improving awareness, understanding, and behavior relating to antibiotic use and AMR among people in the community at the household level, and the prevalence of fecal carriage of ESBL-producing seemed to be decreased after the AMR campaign. Fecal carriage rate of ESBL-producing may be a proxy composite indicator of AMR in the community.

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