Socioeconomic disparities in the prevalence of multidrug resistance in Enterobacterales.

Authors :: Brown DR
Henderson HI
Ruegsegger L
Moody J
van Duin D
Source :: Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2023 Dec; Vol. 44 (12), pp. 2068-2070. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 30.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: We examined the association between multidrug resistance and socioeconomic status (SES), analyzing microbiological and ZIP-code-level socioeconomic data. Using generalized linear models, we determined that multidrug resistance is significantly and persistently more prevalent in samples taken from patients residing in low-income ZIP codes versus high-income ZIP codes in North Carolina.

Subjects :: Humans
Prevalence
Poverty
Drug Resistance, Multiple
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomic Disparities in Health
Income

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