Bacteremia and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance over Time, Ghana

• DOI: 10.3201/edi1710.110327
• Publication Date: 2013-09-09T16:49:44Z
• Authors: Uwe Groß; Sylvarius K. Amuzu; Ring de Ciman; Iparkhan Kassimova; Lisa Groß; Wolfgang Rabsch; Ulrike Rosenberg; Marco Schulze; August Stich; Ortrud Zimmermann
• Keywords: Salmonella enterica; Bacteremia

Abstract Bacterial distribution and antimicrobial drug resistance were monitored in patients with bacterial bloodstream infections rural hospitals Ghana. In 2001–2002 2009, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was the most prevalent pathogen. Although S. isolates chloramphenicol resistant, all tested susceptible to ciprofloxacin.