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Survival curve for remaining colonised with extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli, long-term care facility, the Netherlands, March 2013 to April 2014
ESBL: extended-spectrum beta-lactamase.
Day 0 is the day of a resident's first rectal culture with ESBL-producing Escherichia coli. Follow-up ends on the day of the first negative rectal culture (drop of the line) or at the day the resident dies or leaves the facility ( + sign on the curve).
