ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2020
High Carriage Rates of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Neonatal Intensive Care Units From Ghana.
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- Bacterial Isolates From Orthopedic Posttraumatic Surgical Infections in Northern Ghana: ESInternational journal of microbiology · 2025Article
- Carriage of third-generation cephalosporin-resistant and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- The Importance of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in African Countries: Evolution and Current Burden.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Faecal Carriage of Multidrug ResistantThe East African health research journal · 2024Article
- Screening for Resistant Bacteria, Antimicrobial Resistance Genes, Sexually Transmitted Infections andPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Acquisition and carriage of genetically diverse multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli in hospitalised newborns in The Gambia.Communications medicine · 2023Article
- Antimicrobial resistance of clinical bacterial isolates according to the WHO's AWaRe and the ECDC-MDR classifications: the pattern in Ghana's Bono East Region.Frontiers in antibiotics · 2023Article
- Bacterial infections epidemiology and factors associated with multidrug resistance in the northern region of Ghana.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCarriage of multidrug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria (GN) in hospitalized neonates may increase the risk of difficult-to-treat invasive infections at neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Data on MDRGN carriage among hospitalized newborns in Africa are limited.
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study at the NICUs of 2 tertiary hospitals in Ghana. Swabs from the axilla, groin, perianal region, and the environment were cultured, GN were identified, and antibiotic susceptibility was tested. We obtained blood culture isolates from neonates with sepsis. Whole-genome sequencing was used to characterize carbapenemase-producing
resultsA total of 276 GN were isolated from 228 screened neonates. Pathogenic GN were cultured in 76.8% (175 of 228) of neonates.
conclusionsHigh carriage rates of MDRGN, including carbapenemase-producing enterobacterales may be an emerging problem in NICUs in Africa.
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