Phenotypic and genotypic detection of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Accra, Ghana.
Felicia P DwomohFleischer C N KoteyNicholas T K D DayieMary-Magdalene OseiFelicia Amoa-OwusuVida BannahFuad M AlzahraniIbrahim F HalawaniKhalid J AlzahraniBeverly EgyirEric S DonkorPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Although the rates of antibiotic resistance among the isolates were high, the prevalence of carbapenemase producers was low. The finding of blaOXA-48 and blaNDM warrants upscaling of antimicrobial resistance surveillance programmes and fortification of infection prevention and control programmes in the country.
Keyphrases
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- antimicrobial resistance
- escherichia coli
- multidrug resistant
- public health
- risk factors
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- label free
- real time pcr
- acinetobacter baumannii
- genetic diversity
- drug resistant
- staphylococcus aureus
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- cystic fibrosis
- quantum dots
- sensitive detection