Cohort profile: GRACE - a residential aged care cohort examining factors influencing antimicrobial resistance carriage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria represents a considerable threat to human health, particularly for vulnerable populations such as those living in residential aged care. However, antimicrobial resistance carriage and modes of transmission remain incompletely understood. The Generating evidence on antimicrobial Resistance in the Aged Care Environment (GRACE) study was established to determine principal risk factors of antimicrobial resistance carriage and transmission in residential aged care facilities (RACFs). This article describes the cohort characteristics, national representation, and planned analyses for this study.

Methods

Between March 2019 and March 2020, 279 participants were recruited from five South Australian RACFs. The median age was

SUBMITTER: Carpenter L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10464000 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature