Title: PERSISTENCE OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE ORGANISMS IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT OF NEONATES: A PILOT STUDY
PI: Sameer J. Patel, MD, Clinical Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University Medical Center
Mentor: Lisa Saiman, MD, MPH, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University
Funder: Thrasher Research Fund--New Researcher Award

The goal of this study is describe the rate of persistence of gastrointestinal antibiotic resistant organism (ARO) carriage in infants known to be colonized at discharge from the NICU to the community; determine risk factors for long term colonization (≥ 3 months); and to determine if AROs are transmitted between infants and mothers.

RESEARCH TEAM
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Name	Role	Institution / Department
Sameer J. Patel, MD Instructor in Clinical Pediatrics	Principal Investigator	Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University, and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian
Lisa Saiman, MD, MPH Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Hospital Epidemiologist	Mentor	Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University, and Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian

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