Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Blood Culture Isolates at a Tertiary Hospital, Uganda

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kajumbula, Henry ; Fujita, Ayako Wendy ; Mbabazi, Olive ; Najjuka, Christine ; Izale, Charles ; Akampurira, Andrew ; Aisu, Steven ; Lamorde, Mohammed ; Walwema, Richard ; Bahr, Nathan C. ; Meya, David B. ; Boulware, David R. ; Manabe, Yukari C.
• Description:
  We summarize antimicrobial drug resistance (AMR) patterns from blood cultures at a tertiary hospital in Uganda. High rates of resistance to first-line antibiotic drugs were observed among Staphylococcus aureus and gram-negative organisms. Microbiology services with susceptibility testing should be strengthened to support standardized reporting of AMR data in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacteremia Bacteria Bacterial Infections Blood Culture Drug Resistance, Bacterial Humans
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(1):174-175.
• Pubmed ID:
  29260682
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5749445
• Document Type:
  Letter
• Funding:
  R01 NS086312/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States ; T32 AI055433/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Uganda
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a261831b54ac7b75f0ba11ee8d4fdaf7fb98699f939f29777d742b7cf322ffe5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50953/cdc_50953_DS1.pdf
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