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Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria in Infected Wounds, Ghana, 20141

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Wound infections are an emerging medical problem worldwide, frequently neglected in under-resourced countries. Bacterial culture and antimicrobial drug resistance testing of infected wounds in patients in a rural hospital in… Click to show full abstract

Wound infections are an emerging medical problem worldwide, frequently neglected in under-resourced countries. Bacterial culture and antimicrobial drug resistance testing of infected wounds in patients in a rural hospital in Ghana identified no methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae but identified high combined resistance of Enterobacteriaceae against third-generation cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones.

Keywords: antimicrobial resistant; infected wounds; bacteria infected; wounds ghana; ghana 20141; resistant bacteria

Journal Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Year Published: 2018

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