Title |
Antibiograms from community-acquired uropathogens in Gulu, northern Uganda - a cross-sectional study
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-13-193 |
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Authors |
Charles O Odongo, Denis A Anywar, Kenneth Luryamamoi, Pancras Odongo |
Abstract |
Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common in clinical practice and empirical treatment is largely employed due to predictability of pathogens. However, variations in antibiotic sensitivity patterns do occur, and documentation is needed to inform local empirical therapy. The current edition of the Uganda Clinical Guidelines recommends amoxicillin or cotrimoxazole as choice drugs for empirical treatment of community-acquired UTI. From our clinical observations, we suspected that this recommendation was not effective in our setting. In order to examine validity, we sought to identify bacteria from community-acquired infections and determine their susceptibility against these antibiotics plus a range of potentially useful alternatives for treatment of UTI. |
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Unknown | 3 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Kazakhstan | 1 | <1% |
Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 142 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Master | 25 | 17% |
Student > Bachelor | 19 | 13% |
Other | 11 | 8% |
Researcher | 10 | 7% |
Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 7% |
Other | 22 | 15% |
Unknown | 47 | 33% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 49 | 34% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 6% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 6% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 3% |
Other | 11 | 8% |
Unknown | 52 | 36% |