Colonisation with multidrug-resistant organisms among dialysis patients at Universitas Academic Hospital.

Godknows Shamhuyashe Nicoline van Zyl Francois C van Rooyen Feziwe Bisiwe Jolly Musoke

Published in: Southern African journal of infectious diseases (2024)

This study falls within the scope of the SAJID journal as it is the first within sub-Sahara Africa to report that approximately one-fifth of dialysis patients were colonised with MDRO, which is a significant risk for MDRO infections.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
multidrug resistant
newly diagnosed
gram negative
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
drug resistant
emergency department
klebsiella pneumoniae
medical students
community dwelling