During one month, from 1st to 30th November 2016, all patients admitted in one of the medical Dpt of our Hospital (Internal Medicine Dpt, Endocrinology, ICU) will be screened for multi-drug resistant bacteria carriage (after written consent). They will answer to a questionnaire about previous travel in a foreign country during the previous year, hospitalization or not during this travel.
During one month, from 1st to 30th November 2016, all patients admitted in one of the medical Dpt of our Hospital (Internal Medicine Dpt, Endocrinology, ICU) will be screened for multi-drug resistant bacteria carriage (after written consent), regardless a travel in a foreign country during the past year, or not. They will answer to a questionnaire about previous travel in a foreign country during the previous year, hospitalization or not during this travel. The aim of the study will be to compare the rate of carriage of multi-drug resistant bacteria among previous travelers, or not.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
300
A rectal swab will be performed at admission of patients to look for intestinal carriage of Multi-Drug resistant bacteria
URT, Hopital Lariboisiere
Paris, Île-de-France Region, France
Multi-Drug Resistant bacteria carriage rate
Multi-Drug Resistant bacteria carriage assessed by rectal swab
Time frame: At admission in our Hospital
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