High prevalence of acquired antimicrobial resistance unrelated to heavy antimicrobial consumption

Alessandro Bartoloni; Filippo Bartalesi; Antonia Mantella; Emanuela Dell&apos;Amico; Mimmo Roselli; Marianne Strohmeyer; Herlan Gamboa Barahona; Virgilio Prieto Barrón; Franco Paradisi; Gian Maria Rossolini

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High prevalence of acquired antimicrobial resistance unrelated to heavy antimicrobial consumption

Alessandro Bartoloni, Filippo Bartalesi, Antonia Mantella, Emanuela Dell'Amico, Mimmo Roselli, Marianne Strohmeyer, Herlan Gamboa Barahona, Virgilio Prieto Barrón, Franco Paradisi, Gian Maria Rossolini

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In a very remote rural Bolivian community where the use of antimicrobials has been minimal and where exchanges with the exterior are very limited, 67% of subjects were found to be carriers of fecal Escherichia coli with acquired resistance to ≥1 antimicrobial agent(s); the highest rates were observed for tetracycline (64%), ampicillin (58%), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (50%), and chloramphenicol (41%). The most relevant implication of these findings is that, in certain settings, the spread and maintenance of antimicrobial resistance can occur, regardless of whether selective pressure generated by the use of antimicrobials is present.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1291-1294
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	189
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/382191
Publication status	Published - Apr 1 2004

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High prevalence of acquired antimicrobial resistance unrelated to heavy antimicrobial consumption. / Bartoloni, Alessandro; Bartalesi, Filippo; Mantella, Antonia; Dell'Amico, Emanuela; Roselli, Mimmo; Strohmeyer, Marianne; Barahona, Herlan Gamboa; Barrón, Virgilio Prieto; Paradisi, Franco; Rossolini, Gian Maria.

In: Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 189, No. 7, 01.04.2004, p. 1291-1294.

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Bartoloni, Alessandro ; Bartalesi, Filippo ; Mantella, Antonia ; Dell'Amico, Emanuela ; Roselli, Mimmo ; Strohmeyer, Marianne ; Barahona, Herlan Gamboa ; Barrón, Virgilio Prieto ; Paradisi, Franco ; Rossolini, Gian Maria. / High prevalence of acquired antimicrobial resistance unrelated to heavy antimicrobial consumption. In: Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2004 ; Vol. 189, No. 7. pp. 1291-1294.

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