Socioeconomic disparities in the prevalence of multidrug resistance in Enterobacterales
01 July 2023
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.
Further reading: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Author(s): Dylan R. Brown et al
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