Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana.

Nicholas AgyepongUsha GovindenAlex Kwame Owusu-OforiSabiha Yusuf Essack

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2018)

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.

Keyphrases

gram negative
multidrug resistant
drug resistant
acinetobacter baumannii
klebsiella pneumoniae
physical activity
genetic diversity