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| Title |
Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana
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| Published in |
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13756-018-0324-2 |
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| Authors |
Nicholas Agyepong, Usha Govinden, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Sabiha Yusuf Essack |
| Abstract |
Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria have emerged as major clinical and therapeutic dilemma in hospitals in Ghana.To describe the prevalence and profile of infections attributable to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria among patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Bacterial cultures were randomly selected from the microbiology laboratory from February to August, 2015. Bacterial identification and minimum inhibitory concentrations were conducted using standard microbiological techniques and the Vitek-2 automated system. Patient information was retrieved from the hospital data. Of the 200 isolates, consisting ofK. pneumoniae,A. baumannii,P. aeruginosa,Enterobacter spp.,E. coli,Yersinia spp.,Proteus mirabilis,Pasteurella spp., Chromobacterium violaceum, Salmomella enterica,Vibrio spp.,Citrobacter koseri,Pantoea spp.,Serratia spp.,Providencia rettgeri Burkholderia cepacia,Aeromonas spp.,Cadecea lapageiandSphingomonas paucimobilis, 101 (50.5%) and 99 (49.5%) recovered from male and female patients respectively The largest proportion of patients were from age-group ≥60 years (24.5%) followed by < 10 years (24.0%) and least 10-19 years (9.5%) with a mean patient age of 35.95 ± 27.11 (0.2-91) years. The decreasing order of specimen source was urine 97 (48.5%), wound swabs 47 (23.5%), sputum 22 (11.0%) bronchial lavage, nasal and pleural swabs 1 (0.50%). Urinary tract infection was diagnosed in 34.5% of patients, sepsis in 14.5%, wound infections (surgical and chronic wounds) in 11.0%, pulmonary tuberculosis in 9.0% and appendicitis, bacteremia and cystitis in 0.50%. The isolates showed high resistance to ampicillin (94.4%), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (84.5%), cefuroxime (79.0%) and cefotaxime (71.3%) but low resistance to ertapenem (1.5%), meropenem (3%) and amikacin (11%). The average multi-drug resistance was 89.5%, and ranged from 53.8% inEnterobacterspp. to 100.0% inAcinetobacterspp. andP. aeruginosa. Bacterial infections caused by multi-drug resistant (isolates resistant to at least one agent in three or more antibiotic classes) Gram-negative pathogens among patients at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana are rife and interventions are necessary for their containment. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 329 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 55 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 45 | 14% |
| Researcher | 21 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 15 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 5% |
| Other | 47 | 14% |
| Unknown | 131 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 56 | 17% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 36 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 21 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 5% |
| Other | 45 | 14% |
| Unknown | 139 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 February 2021.
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