High prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among common bacterial isolates in a tertiary healthcare facility in Rwanda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 865-870

  Ntirenganya, Cyprien ^a   Manzi, Olivier ^a   Muvunyi, Claude Mambo ^b   Ogbuagu, Onyema ^c  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali   (Rwanda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINE CULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RWANDA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926284654     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0607     Document Type: Article

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