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SUBMITTER: Hasler R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5819293 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Häsler Robert R Kautz Christian C Rehman Ateequr A Podschun Rainer R Gassling Volker V Brzoska Pius P Sherlock Jon J Gräsner Jan-Thorsten JT Hoppenstedt Gesine G Schubert Sabine S Ferlinz Astrid A Lieb Wolfgang W Laudes Matthias M Heinsen Femke-Anouska FA Scholz Jens J Harmsen Dag D Franke Andre A Eisend Swantje S Kunze Thomas T Fickenscher Helmut H Ott Stephan S Rosenstiel Philip P Schreiber Stefan S
Microbiome 20180220 1
<h4>Background</h4>Multidrug-resistant bacteria represent a substantial global burden for human health, potentially fuelled by migration waves: in 2015, 476,649 refugees applied for asylum in Germany mostly as a result of the Syrian crisis. In Arabic countries, multiresistant bacteria cause significant problems for healthcare systems. Currently, no data exist describing antibiotic resistances in healthy refugees. Here, we assess the microbial landscape and presence of antibiotic resistance genes ...[more]