Dynamics of intestinal multidrug-resistant bacteria colonisation contracted by visitors to a high-endemic setting: a prospective, daily, real-time sampling study
OPEN The Lancet. Microbe | 7 Apr 2021
A Kantele, E Kuenzli, SJ Dunn, DAB Dance, PN Newton, V Davong, S Mero, SH Pakkanen, A Neumayr, C Hatz, A Snaith, T Kallonen, J Corander and A McNally
Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance is highly prevalent in low-income and middle-income countries. International travel contributes substantially to the global spread of intestinal multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Hundreds of millions of annual visitors to low-income and middle-income countries are all exposed to intestinal multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria resulting in 30-70% of them being colonised at their return. The colonisation process in high-exposure environments is poorly documented because data have only been derived from before travel and after travel sampling. We characterised colonisation dynamics by exploring daily stool samples while visiting a low-income and middle-income countries.
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