Antimicrobial drug resistance among clinically relevant bacterial isolates in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2337-2353

  Leopold, Stije J ^a   van Leth, Frank ^a   Tarekegn, Hayalnesh ^a   Schultsz, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Antimicrobial susceptibility testing; Bacterial infections; Empirical treatment; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84905975291     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku176     Document Type: Article

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