Microbial contaminants isolated from items and work surfaces in the post- operative ward at Kawolo general hospital, Uganda

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Sserwadda, Ivan ^a,b   Lukenge, Mathew ^a   Mwambi, Bashir ^a   Mboowa, Gerald ^b   Walusimbi, Apollo ^a   Segujja, Farouk ^a,b  

^a International Health Science University   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Gram negative; Gram positive; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER; FOMITE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WARD; UGANDA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BED; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; OPERATING TABLE; SURGICAL ATTIRE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OPERATING TABLES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL ATTIRE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; UGANDA; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 85041425057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-2980-5     Document Type: Article

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