The Existence of High Bacterial Resistance to Some Reserved Antibiotics in Tertiary Hospitals in Tanzania: A Call to Revisit Their Use.
Wigilya P MikomangwaGeorge M BwireManase KilonziHamu MlyukaRitah Francis MutagondaWema KibangaAlphonce Ignace MarealleOmary MinziKennedy D MwambetePublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2020)
The bacterial resistance to clindamycin and cefepime is high and low in meropenem. Henceforth, culture and susceptibility results should be used to guide the use of these antibiotics. Antibiotics with low resistance rate should be introduced to the reserve category and continuous antibiotic surveillance is warranted.
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