High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate with Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in Hospitalized Patients: Emergence of Carbapenemase-Producing K. pneumoniae in Ethiopia

• Kassu Desta,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Aklilu Azazh,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Halima Mohammod,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Dawit Desalegn,

  Affiliation Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Damte Shimelis,

  Affiliation Department of pediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Dereje Gulilat,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Biruk Lamisso,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Eyasu Makonnen,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Alemayehu Worku,

  Affiliation School of Public Health College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Kerstin Mannerqvist,

  Affiliation The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Johan Struwe,

  Affiliation The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Olov Aspevall,

  Affiliation The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Eleni Aklillu

  * E-mail: Eleni.Aklillu@ki.se

  Affiliation Division of clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, SE 141 86, Stockholm, Sweden

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