Incidence and risk factors of surgical site infections and related antibiotic resistance in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a prospective cohort study.

Sulaiman LakohLe YiStephen SevalieXuejun GuoOlukemi AdekanmbiIsaac O SmalleNathaniel WilliamsUmu BarrieCelesis KoromaYongkun ZhaoMatilda N KamaraConstance Cummings-JohnDarlinda F JibaEnanga Sonia NamanagaBetsy DeenJuling ZhangAnna MarutaChristiana KallonPeng LiuHaja Ramatulai WurieJoseph Sam KanuGibrilla F DeenMohamed SamaiFoday SahrEmmanuel Firima

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2022)

The incidence of SSI in this study is comparable to other low- and middle-income countries, but a substantial proportion of these postoperative wounds have an ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Therefore, routine surveillance of SSI and related antibiotic resistance is required in resource-limited settings.

Keyphrases

surgical site infection
escherichia coli
klebsiella pneumoniae
public health
multidrug resistant
pseudomonas aeruginosa
risk factors
wound healing