Bacteremia and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance over Time, Ghana
- Groß, Uwe
- Amuzu, Sylvarius K.
- Ciman, Ring de
- Kassimova, Iparkhan
- Groß, Lisa
- Rabsch, Wolfgang
- Rosenberg, Ulrike
- Schulze, Marco
- Stich, August
- Zimmermann, Ortrud
Publication date
October 2011
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Language
EnglishAbstract
Bacterial distribution and antimicrobial drug resistance were monitored in patients with bacterial bloodstream infections in rural hospitals in Ghana. In 2001–2002 and in 2009, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was the most prevalent pathogen. Although most S. enterica serovar Typhi isolates were chloramphenicol resistant, all isolates tested were susceptible to ciprofloxacin
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