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Antimicrobial resistance preparedness in sub-Saharan African countries
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is of growing concern globally and AMR status in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is undefined due to …
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Outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica bacteraemia in patients undergoing haemodialysis at a tertiary hospital in Pretoria, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Ralstonia species are Gram-negative bacilli of low virulence. These organisms are capable of causing healthcare associated infections through contaminated …
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A review of animal health and drug use practices in India, and their possible link to antimicrobial resistance
BACKGROUND: Livestock production, particularly the dairy sector, is important for food and nutritional wellbeing of communities in India, it supports …
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Impact of hand hygiene intervention: a comparative study in health care facilities in Dodoma region, Tanzania using WHO methodology
BACKGROUND: Compliance with guidelines on hand hygiene (HH) is pivotal to prevent and control health-care associated infections and contributes to …
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Hand hygiene in surgery in Benin: opportunities and challenges
BACKGROUND: Hand Hygiene (HH) has been described as the cornerstone and starting point in all infection control. Compliance to HH …
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Challenges regarding the control of environmental sources of contamination in healthcare settings in low-and middle-income countries - a narrative review
BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) especially outbreaks of multi-drug-resistant organisms within hospitals are recognized as a major contributor to morbidity and …
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Bacteremia in critical care units at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania: the role of colonization and contaminated cots and mothers’ hands in cross-transmission of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria
BACKGROUND: Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major clinical problem in tertiary hospitals in Tanzania and jeopardizes the life of neonates …
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Point-prevalence survey of hospital acquired infections in three acute care hospitals in Northern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Effective infection prevention and control strategies require reliable data describing the epidemiology of hospital acquired infections (HAIs), and this …
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Emergence of β-lactamase- and carbapenemase- producing Enterobacteriaceae at integrated fish farms
Abstract Background Epidemiological studies suggested that determinants for antibiotic resistance have originated in aquaculture. Recently, the integrated agriculture-aquaculture system has …
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A national survey of public awareness of antimicrobial resistance in Nigeria
Abstract Background One of the objectives of the Global Action Plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to contain antimicrobial …
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Candida tropicalis is the most prevalent yeast species causing candidemia in Algeria: the urgent need for antifungal stewardship and infection control measures
BACKGROUND: Despite being associated with a high mortality and economic burden, data regarding candidemia are scant in Algeria. The aim …
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The prevalence and molecular mechanisms of mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious problem in public health globally. Monitoring resistance levels within healthcare and community settings …
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Antibiogram and beta-lactamase genes among cefotaxime resistant E. coli from wastewater treatment plant
Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recently classified Enterobacteriaceae resistance to third-generation cephalosporin into the group of pathogens with …
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Antimicrobial use and resistance in food-producing animals and the environment: an African perspective
BACKGROUND: The overuse of antimicrobials in food animals and the subsequent contamination of the environment have been associated with development …
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Flies from a tertiary hospital in Rwanda carry multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens including extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing E. coli sequence type 131
Multidrug-resistant gram-negative (MRGN) bacteria are a serious threat to global health. We used genomics to study MRGN obtained from houseflies …
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Antibiotic resistance in patients with clinical features of healthcare-associated infections in an urban tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Available data on antibiotic resistance in sub-Saharan Africa is limited despite its increasing threat to global public health. As …
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Assessment of hand hygiene facilities and staff compliance in a large tertiary health care facility in northern Nigeria: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: The burden of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) is 2 to 18 times higher in developing countries. However, few data are …
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Spread of multidrug resistance among Ureaplasma serovars, Tunisia
Abstract Background Ureaplasma spp. have been implicated in a variety of clinical conditions and certain serovars are likely to be …
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Proportion of bacterial isolates, their antimicrobial susceptibility profile and factors associated with puerperal sepsis among post-partum/aborted women at a referral Hospital in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia
Abstract Background Puerperal sepsis is any bacterial infection of the genital tract that occurs after childbirth. It is among the …
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Epidemiology of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Egyptian intensive care units using National Healthcare–associated Infections Surveillance Data, 2011–2017
Abstract Objective To describe the epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in Egyptian hospitals reporting to the national …