Effect of temperature on Escherichia coli bloodstream infection in a nationwide population-based study of incidence and resistance

Abstract Background The incidence of Escherichia coli bloodstream infections (BSI) is high and increasing. We aimed to describe the effect of season and temperature on the incidence of E. coli BSI and antibiotic-resistant E. coli BSI and to determine differences by place of BSI onset. Methods All E....

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Main Authors: Sarah F. Feldman, Elizabeth Temkin, Liat Wulffhart, Amir Nutman, Vered Schechner, Pnina Shitrit, Racheli Shvartz, Mitchell J. Schwaber, Yehuda Carmeli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-022-01184-x