Title |
The Carriage Of Multiresistant Bacteria After Travel (COMBAT) prospective cohort study: methodology and design
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, April 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-410 |
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Authors |
Maris S Arcilla, Jarne M van Hattem, Martin CJ Bootsma, Perry J van Genderen, Abraham Goorhuis, Constance Schultsz, Ellen E Stobberingh, Henri A Verbrugh, Menno D de Jong, Damian C Melles, John Penders |
Abstract |
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the major threats to public health around the world. Besides the intense use and misuse of antimicrobial agents as the major force behind the increase in antimicrobial resistance, the exponential increase of international travel may also substantially contribute to the emergence and spread of AMR. However, knowledge on the extent to which international travel contributes to this is still limited. The Carriage Of Multiresistant Bacteria After Travel (COMBAT) study aims to 1. determine the acquisition rate of multiresistant Enterobacteriaceae during foreign travel 2. ascertain the duration of carriage of these micro-organisms 3. determine the transmission rate within households 4. identify risk factors for acquisition, persistence of carriage and transmission of multiresistant Enterobacteriaceae. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
Nigeria | 1 | 20% |
United States | 1 | 20% |
Germany | 1 | 20% |
Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Japan | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 81 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 14 | 17% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 15% |
Researcher | 12 | 15% |
Other | 8 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 6% |
Other | 15 | 18% |
Unknown | 16 | 20% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 34% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 12% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 7 | 9% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 7% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 4% |
Other | 4 | 5% |
Unknown | 24 | 29% |