Intestinal carriage of multidrug-resistant bacteria among healthcare professionals in Germany

2017/11/22 by Katalin Józsa, Jozsa, Katalin, Katja de With +11
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria #Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research #ESBL #Escherichia coli research studies #MRSA #Medicine #VRE #colonization #healthcare professional

paper · doi:10.3205/id000033

openalex publication_date 2017/11/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

is of interest, but comparing it to previously published data with similar colonization rates in the healthy population in the same geographic area, it is probably less an occupational risk.

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