Fig. 1: Study flow diagram describing patient enrolment and rectal swab collection. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Study flow diagram describing patient enrolment and rectal swab collection.

From: Acquisition of Escherichia coli carrying extended-spectrum ß-lactamase and carbapenemase genes by hospitalised children with severe acute malnutrition in Niger

Fig. 1

Rectal swabs were collected at admission (A), during hospitalisation if clinical symptoms suggested that the patient was deteriorating (H) and at patient discharge (D). The number of children with a rectal microbiota positive for screened antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) at admission and at discharge are summarised.

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