High burden of infections caused by ESBL-producing MDR in paediatric patients, Yangon, Myanmar.

Background: There is mounting evidence of a high burden of antimicrobial-resistant infections in children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Objectives: To detect the frequency of ESBL-producing in clinical specimens from paediatric patients attending Yangon Children's Hospital in Myanmar.

Methods: All children attending Yangon Children's Hospital who had clinical specimens submitted to the hospital diagnostic microbiology laboratory from June 2019 to December 2019 were included in the study.

Betel Nut (areca) and Smokeless Tobacco Use in Myanmar.

Betel nut (areca) is the world's fourth most commonly used addictive substance. Arecoline, a muscarinic agonist in areca, is also a partial agonist for the addiction-related high-affinity brain nicotine receptors. In many countries, smokeless tobacco is commonly mixed with areca.