Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance Genes Among Patients with Diarrhea - Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2018.

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State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing Municipality, China.

Published: December 2022

What Is Already Known About This Topic?: Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a serious public health threat worldwide. However, the AR and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) data from West Africa, especially from Sierra Leone, are limited.

What Is Added By This Report?: The study revealed ARGs' common dissemination, and multiplex antibiotic resistance genes in one sample. Genes and were first discovered in Sierra Leone.

What Are The Implications For Public Health Practice?: Basic information is provided for AR research and surveillance and highlights that effective AR surveillance among diarrhea patients is necessary for Sierra Leone and West Africa.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9889225PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.46234/ccdcw2022.221DOI Listing

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