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. 2009 May;30(5):491-3.
doi: 10.1086/597234.

Risk factors for fecal colonization with multiple distinct strains of Escherichia coli among long-term care facility residents

Ebbing Lautenbach  1 , Pam Tolomeo, Nicole Black, Joel N Maslow
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Risk factors for fecal colonization with multiple distinct strains of Escherichia coli among long-term care facility residents

Ebbing Lautenbach et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 May.

Abstract

Of 49 long-term care facility residents, 21 (43%) were colonized with 2 or more distinct strains of Escherichia coli. There were no significant risk factors for colonization with multiple strains of E. coli. These results suggest that future efforts to efficiently identify the diversity of colonizing strains will be challenging.

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