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Health care worker carriage of drug-resistant bacteria and infection control practices at a tertiary care hospital in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

INTRODUCTION: bacterial carriage by health care workers (HCWs) is a major risk factor for transmission of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Often, these pathogens are multiple drug resistant (MDR) and are transmitted from hospital environments. We aimed to study the carriage of pathogenic bac...

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Autores principales: Bulwadda, Daniel, Kakooza, Francis, Waswa, John Paul, Kyobe, Henry Bosa, Sembatya, Moses, Kiggundu, Reuben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10460105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37637391
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.68.36315