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| Title |
Bacterial infections in Lilongwe, Malawi: aetiology and antibiotic resistance
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-67 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mwai H Makoka, William C Miller, Irving F Hoffman, Rushina Cholera, Peter H Gilligan, Debbie Kamwendo, Gabriel Malunga, George Joaki, Francis Martinson, Mina C Hosseinipour |
| Abstract |
Life-threatening infections present major challenges for health systems in Malawi and the developing world because routine microbiologic culture and sensitivity testing are not performed due to lack of capacity. Use of empirical antimicrobial therapy without regular microbiologic surveillance is unable to provide adequate treatment in the face of emerging antimicrobial resistance. This study was conducted to determine antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in order to inform treatment choices and generate hospital-wide baseline data. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 224 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| Gambia | 1 | <1% |
| Malawi | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 220 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 41 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 9% |
| Researcher | 20 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 33 | 15% |
| Unknown | 80 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 58 | 26% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 16 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 30 | 13% |
| Unknown | 88 | 39% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 01 November 2022.
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#4,840,037
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Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#1,566
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#31,691
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#13
of 93 outputs
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