Abstract
Since 2013, wounded and ill children from Syria have received treatment in Israel. Screening cultures indicated that multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens colonized 89 (83%) of 107 children. For 58% of MDR infections, the pathogen was similar to that identified during screening. MDR screening of these children is valuable for purposes of isolation and treatment.
Keywords:
Israel; Syria; antibiotic resistance; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; carriage; children; infections; multidrug resistance; pediatric.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Amikacin / therapeutic use
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
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Armed Conflicts
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Bacterial Infections / drug therapy*
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Bacterial Infections / microbiology
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Bacterial Infections / pathology
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Colistin / therapeutic use
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Critical Illness
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Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
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Female
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Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects*
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Gram-Negative Bacteria / pathogenicity
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Gram-Negative Bacteria / physiology
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Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects*
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Gram-Positive Bacteria / pathogenicity
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Gram-Positive Bacteria / physiology
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Hospitalization
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Israel
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Male
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Meropenem
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Multiple Trauma / drug therapy*
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Multiple Trauma / microbiology
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Multiple Trauma / pathology
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Syria
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Thienamycins / therapeutic use
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Thienamycins
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Amikacin
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Meropenem
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Colistin