Prevalence, Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern, and Associated Factors of Enteric Bacterial Pathogens Among HIV Infected Patients with Diarrhea Attending the ART Clinic of Dilla University Referral Hospital, Southern Ethiopia.
Asaye MitikuZerihin SolomonBerhanu GidisaKasie GebeyhuHaymanot TewabeDemissew Shenkute GebreyesMelkayehu KassaAddisu GizePublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2023)
We found that enteric bacteria are common causative agents of diarrhea in immune-compromised patients. The high rate of drug resistance calls for escalating antimicrobial susceptibility testing before prescribing antimicrobial agent.
Keyphrases
- hiv infected patients
- primary care
- antiretroviral therapy
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- irritable bowel syndrome
- staphylococcus aureus
- healthcare
- risk factors
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- hiv infected
- clostridium difficile
- gram negative
- adverse drug
- patient reported outcomes
- multidrug resistant
- antimicrobial resistance
- electronic health record