Antibiotics have been used as essential therapeutics for nearly 100 years and, increasingly,
as a preventive agent in the agricultural and animal industry. Continuous use and misuse of …

Over the past decade, antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a major public-health crisis.
Common bacterial pathogens in the community such as Streptococcus pneumoniae have …

Strain typing is an integral part of epidemiological investigations of nosocomial infections.
Methods for distinguishing among bacterial strains have improved dramatically over the last …

Viruses are probably the most common cause of infectious disease acquired within indoor
environments and have considerable impact on human health, ranging from severe life …

We assessed the quantitative contribution of pig farming to antimicrobial resistance in the
commensal flora of pig farmers by comparing 113 healthy pig farmers from the major French …

We assessed the colonization patterns, over time, of three sentinel drug-resistant enteric
bacterial genera in samples from a cohort of 20 healthy small children in a periurban …

Objectives We quantified the impact of antibiotics prescribed in primary care for urinary tract
infections (UTIs) on intestinal colonization by ciprofloxacin-resistant (CIP-RE) and extended …

Latin America has a high rate of community-associated infections caused by multidrug-
resistant Enterobacteriaceae relative to other world regions. A review of the literature over …

Provision of some form of child care outside of the home is certainly not a new phenomenon.
In the past, most out-of-home care was provided by a relative, a friend, or someone who had …

Background Commensal bacteria represent an important reservoir of antibiotic resistance
genes. Few community-based studies of antibiotic resistance in commensal bacteria have …