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The prevalence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a nursing home setting compared with elderly living at home: a cross-sectional comparison

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2016
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Title
The prevalence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a nursing home setting compared with elderly living at home: a cross-sectional comparison
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12879-016-1430-5
Pubmed ID
26944857
Authors

Andreas Blom, Jonas Ahl, Fredrik Månsson, Fredrik Resman, Johan Tham

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of faecal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae among residents living in nursing homes and to compare it with a corresponding group of elderly people living in their own homes. A total of 160 persons participated in the study between February and April 2014, 91 were residents in nursing homes (n = 10) and the remaining 69 were elderly living in their own homes. In addition to performing faecal samples, all participants answered a standardized questionnaire regarding known risk factors for ESBL-carriage. There was no significant difference between the groups, as 10 of the 91 (11 %) residents from nursing homes were ESBL-carriers compared with 6 of 69 (8,7 %) elderly living in their own homes. There was no significant difference between the groups. The total prevalence was 10 %. A univariate analysis revealed that the only studied risk factor significantly associated with ESBL-carriage was recent foreign travel (p = 0,017). All ESBL-positive isolates were Escherichia coli and there was a high degree of co-resistance to other antibiotics. All isolates (n = 17) were susceptible to imipenem and amikacin. Residents of nursing homes as well as elderly living in their own homes have high rates of faecal carriage of ESBL-producing bacteria. These findings may affect the choice of empirical antibiotic treatment of severe infections in older adults.

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Geographical breakdown

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Unknown 72 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 14%
Student > Master 9 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 11%
Student > Bachelor 7 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 8%
Other 17 24%
Unknown 15 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 26%
Immunology and Microbiology 8 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 7%
Unspecified 5 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 4%
Other 15 21%
Unknown 17 24%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 28 April 2021.
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#7,231,081
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#2,384
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#101,457
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#36
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