TY - JOUR AU - Grenet, Karine AU - Guillemot, Didier AU - Jarlier, Vincent AU - Moreau, Brigitte AU - Dubourdieu, Stéphane AU - Boyer, Laurent AU - Armand-Lefevre, Laurence AU - Bau, Pierre AU - Andremont, Antoine T1 - Antibacterial Resistance, Wayampis Amerindians, French Guyana T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 6 SP - 1150 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Drug resistance in fecal bacteria was high in Wayampis American Indians who did not take antibacterial agents and were not hospitalized for 1 year. In Amerindians, an isolated, traditional community in French Guyana, antibacterial use was 0.64 treatments per person per year. Hospitalization rate was 6.1% per year. Antibacterial drug–resistant bacteria can spread in persons who are not taking these agents. KW - drug resistance KW - bacterial KW - gram-negative bacteria KW - Latin America KW - French Guiana DO - 10.3201/eid1006.031015 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/6/03-1015_article ER - End of Reference