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The gut is the epicentre of antibiotic resistance

Overview of attention for article published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, November 2012
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (96th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (87th percentile)

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1 news outlet
blogs
1 blog
policy
1 policy source
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16 X users
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Title
The gut is the epicentre of antibiotic resistance
Published in
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, November 2012
DOI 10.1186/2047-2994-1-39
Pubmed ID
Authors

Jean Carlet

Abstract

The gut contains very large numbers of bacteria. Changes in the composition of the gut flora, due in particular to antibiotics, can happen silently, leading to the selection of highly resistant bacteria and Candida species. These resistant organisms may remain for months in the gut of the carrier without causing any symptoms or translocate through the gut epithelium, induce healthcare-associated infections, undergo cross-transmission to other individuals, and cause limited outbreaks. Techniques are available to prevent, detect, and treat the carriage of resistant organisms in the gut. However, evidence on these techniques is scant, the only exception being selective digestive decontamination (SDD), which has been extensively studied in neutropenic and ICU patients. After the destruction of resistant colonizing bacteria, which has been successfully obtained in several studies, the gut could be re-colonized with normal faecal flora or probiotics. Studies are warranted to evaluate this concept.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 4 1%
United States 2 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Unknown 309 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 55 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 52 16%
Researcher 42 13%
Student > Bachelor 34 11%
Student > Postgraduate 22 7%
Other 50 16%
Unknown 63 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 69 22%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 48 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 34 11%
Immunology and Microbiology 28 9%
Environmental Science 9 3%
Other 49 15%
Unknown 81 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 March 2023.
All research outputs
#1,260,514
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
#110
of 1,456 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#10,056
of 286,193 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
#1
of 8 outputs
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