High prevalence of antibiotic resistance in commensal <it>Escherichia coli </it>among children in rural Vietnam

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Commensal bacteria represent an important reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes. Few community-based studies of antibiotic resistance in commensal bacteria have been conducted in Southeast Asia. We investigated the prevalence of r...

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Main Authors: Dyar Oliver, Hoa Nguyen, Trung Nguyen V, Phuc Ho D, Larsson Mattias, Chuc Nguyen TK, Lundborg Cecilia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/92