Antibacterial Resistance, Wayampis Amerindians, French Guyana

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Grenet, Karine ; Guillemot, Didier ; Jarlier, Vincent ; Moreau, Brigitte ; Dubourdieu, Stéphane ; Ruimy, Raymond ; Armand-Lefevre, Laurence ; Bau, Pierre ; Andremont, Antoine
• Description:
  Drug resistance in fecal bacteria was high in Wayampis Amerindians who did not take antibacterial agents and were not hospitalized for 1 year. In the Wayampis Amerindians, an isolated traditional community in French Guyana, antibacterial use was 0.64 treatments per person per year. Hospitalization rate was 6.1% per year. Antibacterial drug-resistant bacteria can spread in persons who are not taking antibacterial agents.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents Child DNA, Bacterial Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Feces Female Gram-Negative Bacteria Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Humans Indians, South American Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Rna, Ribosomal, 16S

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 10(6):1150-1153.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  French Guiana
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:64997a233f9bb7d172342779ca02205a39ac17353727e4ef121cdadc23925a5c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14549/cdc_14549_DS1.pdf
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