ArticleAnnals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine2018
PATTERN OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSIVE CARE UNIT INFECTIONS IN IBADAN, NIGERIA.
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- The burden and predictors of hospital-acquired infection in intensive care units across Sub-Sahara Africa: systematic review and metanalysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in healthcare and community settings in West Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in the WHO African Region: Systematic Review of Literature from 2011 to 2024.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Prevalence and associated factors of multi-drug resistant bacteria among different clinical specimens at wad Medani, Sudan: a four-year, cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- High prevalence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections in Northwest Nigeria.Germs · 2020Article
- Surveillance study of bloodstream infections, antimicrobial use, and resistance patterns among intensive care unit patients: A retrospective cross-sectional study.International journal of critical illness and injury scienceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPatients admitted into the intensive care unit (ICU) usually have impaired immunity and are therefore at high risk of acquiring hospital associated infections. Infections caused by multidrug resistant organisms now constitute a major problem, limiting the choice of antimicrobial therapy.
objectivesThis study was aimed at determining the antimicrobial resistance pattern of pathogens causing ICU infections in University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria. The aetiological agents, prevalence and types ICU infections were also determined.
methodsOne year hospital associated infections surveillance was conducted in the ICU of UCH, Ibadan. Blood, urine, tracheal aspirate and wound biopsies specimens were collected under strict asepsis and sent to the Medical Microbiology laboratory of the same institution for immediate processing. All pathogens were isolated and identified by standard microbiological methods. Disk diffusion antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed and interpreted according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines.
resultsThe overall prevalence of ICU infections was 30.9% out of which 12.9% were bloodstream infections, 31.5% urinary tract infections, 38.9% pneumonia, and 16.7% skin and soft tissue infections. Klebsiella species andEscherichia coli were the predominant pathogens. Multidrug resistant organisms constituted 59.3% of the pathogens, MDR
conclusionThere is a high prevalence of multidrug resistant bacteria causing ICU infections. Application of more stringent infection control procedures and institution of functional antimicrobial stewardship are recommended to combat this problem.
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