Acquisition and carriage of genetically diverse multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli in hospitalised newborns in The Gambia.
Saikou Y BahMariama A KujabiSaffiatou DarboeNgange KebbehBunja F K KebbehAbdoulie KantehRamatouille BojangJoy E LawnBeate KampmannAbdul K SesayThushan I de SilvaHelen BrothertonPublished in: Communications medicine (2023)
Gambian hospitalised neonates exhibit high MDR and ESBL-GNB carriage prevalence with acquisition between birth and 7d with limited evidence supporting mother to neonate transmission. Genomic studies in similar settings are required to further understand transmission and inform targeted surveillance and infection prevention policies.
Keyphrases
- multidrug resistant
- gram negative
- drug resistant
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- acinetobacter baumannii
- public health
- gestational age
- low birth weight
- escherichia coli
- pregnant women
- risk factors
- community acquired pneumonia
- preterm infants
- copy number
- case control
- preterm birth
- cord blood
- cystic fibrosis
- pseudomonas aeruginosa