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. 2023 Jun;29(6):1273-1275.
doi: 10.3201/eid2906.230316. Epub 2023 Apr 17.

Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections after Turkey/Syria Earthquakes, 2023

Anthony Rizk, Antoine Abou Fayad, Louis-Patrick Haraoui

Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections after Turkey/Syria Earthquakes, 2023

Anthony Rizk et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

Increased rates of multidrug-resistant microbes have been reported after earthquakes. After the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, the number of associated highly drug-resistant pathogens and nosocomial transmission will probably surge in hospitals treating injured patients. It is not too late to act to prevent antimicrobial-resistant infections from compounding these tragedies.

Keywords: AMR; Antimicrobial resistance; Syria; Turkey; bacteria; earthquakes; pathogens.

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