Vegetarians are not less colonized with extended-spectrum-β-lactamaseproducing bacteria than meat eaterss

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 281-282

  Königer, Dagmar ^a,b   Gastmeier, Petra ^a,b   Kola, Axel ^a,b   Schwab, Frank ^a,b   Meyer, Elisabeth ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b National Reference Centre for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; ESBL carriage; Gastrointestinal colonization

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; WATER;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHICKEN MEAT; DAIRY PRODUCT; DRINKING; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; MEAT; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGAN DIET; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET;

DIETARY HABITS; ESBL CARRIAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL COLONIZATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARRIER STATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84890338213     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt335     Document Type: Letter

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