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INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 9, Pages 1114-1116Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/519865
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Fecal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms was assessed in 272 inpatients, 162 outpatients, and 426 asymptomatic healthy individuals. Of 860 stool samples cultured, 152 (17.7%) yielded ESBL-producing organisms. Isolates were recovered from 71 (26.1%) of the inpatients, 25 (15.4%) of the outpatients, and 56 (13.1%) of the healthy individuals. These findings suggest that the community could be a reservoir of ESBL-producing organisms.
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