ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2025
Bacterial Spectrum and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of External Ocular Infections Among Patients Attending Dilla University General Hospital Ophthalmic Clinic, Southern Ethiopia.
Article in The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Areas of uncertainty in endophthalmitis care.World journal of clinical cases · 2026Review
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Health professionals in ophthalmic clinics prescribe broad-spectrum topical antibiotics empirically, a major contributing factor to antimicrobial resistance. This practice is also observed in our study area. Thus, this study was done to identify the bacterial spectrum, determine antimicrobial resistance, and identify factors of external eye infections. A cross-sectional study was done from May to December 2023 with a systematic random sampling technique. The study participants' data were collected using a semistructured questionnaire. The specimen was taken aseptically and processed using standard microbiological methods. A total of 413 subjects were enrolled in this study. The overall prevalence of bacterial isolates was 52.8% (218/413) [95% CI: 48.0-57.6]. Gram-positive bacteria [70.6% (154/218)] predominate over gram-negative bacteria [29.4% (64/218)]. Considerable bacteria have shown a high percentage of resistance to penicillin and ampicillin. History of eye surface disease (AOR: 11.79, 95% CI: 2.79-49.69;
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