Identifying patients at high risk for multidrug-resistant organisms after hospitalization abroad.

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We quantified the percentage of multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) carriers among repatriated patients. We identified factors associated with MDRO carriage, and we evaluated the yield of MDRO detection per screened body site.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

Title: Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1559-6834

ISSN (Print): 0899-823X

Publication date (Electronic): Aug 2023

Volume: 44

Issue: 8

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[1 ] Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zürich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

[2 ] Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

[3 ] Seminar for Statistics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

[4 ] Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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Publisher Item ID: S0899823X22002562

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.256

PubMed ID: 36912341

SO-VID: 446fed0c-5809-48c6-80f6-dbbe1216b21a

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