Long-term Risk of Infection Among Patients Colonized With Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens: A Population-wide Cohort Study
The overall infection rate after colonization with an AMR pathogen was high for most organisms, highlighting the importance of detecting colonization from both an infection control and empiric antibiotic selection perspective.
Authors
- Kevin L. Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3666-7005)
- Kevin Antoine Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1483-2188)
- Derek R. MacFadden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3838-1211)
- Daniel J. Fridman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2516-9967)
- Nick Daneman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8827-3764)
- Christina Diong
- Christina Blagojevic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2835-6474)
- Samantha Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1162-8744)
- Jennie Johnstone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3785-6617)
- Bradley J. Langford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5467-6776)
Institutions
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- St Joseph's Health Centre (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Sinai Health System (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CA)
- Unity Health Toronto
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae712
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.39
Funders
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research