High rate of asymptomatic colonisation with antimicrobial-resistant E. coli in Australian returned travellers.

Global movement of people plays a key role in the spread of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) organisms. We found that 58% of Australian travellers returning from Asia were asymptomatic carriers of AMR E. coli, including resistance to critically important antibiotics. Future studies are needed to identify interventions for travellers to reduce their risk of AMR acquisition.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  Journal of Travel Medicine

• Publication date

  2021-09-07

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/jtm/taab141PMID 34494119
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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