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. 2016 Sep 6;11(9):e0162129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162129

Table 1. Detection of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in returning soldiers.

Country of deployment Analyzed samples, n Resistant isolates, n Samples with resistant isolates, %
Afghanistan 172 3 1.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo 112 3 2.7
Djibouti 16 1 6.3
Ghana 9 1 11.1
Lebanon 3 1 33.3
Mali 43 3 7.0
Nigeria 13 1 7.7
Not-further-defined African destinations 3 1 33.3
South Sudan 35 7 20
Sudan 202 9 4.5
Tanzania 7 1 14.3
Thailand 3 1 33.3
Uganda 41 3 7.3
Unknown or multiple deployment settings 14 1 7.1
Uzbekistan 73 3 4.1

No third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae were observed in returnees from Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, the Central African Republic, China, Ethiopia, French Guyana, Gabon, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kosovo, Liberia, Malta, Morocco, not-further-specified regions in the Indian Ocean, Pakistan, Panama, Senegal, Somalia, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.