Associations between use of antibiotic and non-antibiotic drugs on the gastrointestinal carriage of Klebsiella pneumoniae in a general adult population in Norway

• Main Author: Le, Truong An
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Epidemiologi medisinsk og odontologisk statistikk: 803; VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Epidemiology medical and dental statistics: 803; VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Andre helsefag: 829; VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Other health science disciplines: 829; FAR-3911; Norway; Tromsø; Venn
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/35764

Antimicrobial resistance has long been a problem and a struggle to compromise as life-threatening infections are harder to treat. Among common pathogens, Klebsiella pneumoniae (K.pneumoniae) can be a highly resistant bacteria associated with increased mortality when infecting critically ill and immu...