Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection of Diabetic Foot Ulcers at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Accra, Ghana.
Ramzy B AnafoYacoba AtiaseNicholas T K D DayieFleischer C N KoteyPatience B Tetteh-QuarcooSamuel DuoduMary-Magdalene OseiKhalid J AlzahraniEric S DonkorPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
The prevalence of S. aureus and MRSA infection of the diabetic foot ulcers were high, but lower than those of the predominant infector, coagulase-negative Staphylococci and the next highest infecting agent, E. coli. Diabetic foot ulcers' infection with coagulase-negative Staphylococci protected against their infection with S. aureus. The prevalence of multidrug resistance was high, highlighting the need to further intensify antimicrobial stewardship programmes.