Antimicrobial resistance in Africa: A systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Tadesse, Birkneh Tilahun ^a,b,c   Ashley, Elizabeth A ^d   Ongarello, Stefano ^a   Havumaki, Joshua ^a   Wijegoonewardena, Miranga ^a   González, Iveth J ^a   Dittrich, Sabine ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS   (Switzerland)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Africa; Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteria; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

AFRICA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 85029308480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2713-1     Document Type: Article

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