The impact of non-antimicrobial drug agents on the acquisition of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales in non-critical care wards in a German university hospital: an exploratory, matched case–control study

To investigate therapeutical drugs other than antimicrobials as risk factors for the acquisition of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E).This matched case-control study is based on rectal surveillance screening data obtained during a larger trial between 2014 and 2016 upon patients' admission and at least once before discharge in eight non-ICU wards. Patients with ward-acquired ESBL-E (cases) were matched 1:1 to non-ESBL-E carriers...