Prevalence and Persistence of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants in the Gut of Travelers Returning to the United Kingdom is Associated with Colonization by Pathogenic Escherichia coli

Prevalence and Persistence of Antibiotic Resistance Determinants in the Gut of Travelers Returning to the United Kingdom is Associated with Colonization by Pathogenic Escherichia coli

ABSTRACT The gut microbiota constitutes an ideal environment for the selection, exchange, and carriage of antibiotic resistance determinants (ARDs), and international travel has been identified as a risk factor for acquisition of resistant organisms. Here, we present a longitudinal metagenomic analy...

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Main Authors: Timothy J. Dallman, Saskia Neuert, Cristina Fernandez Turienzo, Michelle Berin, Emily Richardson, Pablo Fuentes-Utrilla, Nicholas Loman, Saheer Gharbia, Claire Jenkins, Ron H. Behrens, Gauri Godbole, Michael Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Escherichia coli
antibiotic resistance
diarrhea
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.05185-22

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