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Microbial Carriage of Cockroaches at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Ghana

Cockroaches are common in the environment of many hospitals in Ghana; however, little is known about their public health risks. To evaluate potential risks, we investigated the external and internal microbial flora of 61 cockroaches from a tertiary hospital in Ghana and evaluated the antibiotic resi...

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Autores principales:	Tetteh-Quarcoo, Patience B., Donkor, Eric S., Attah, Simon K., Duedu, Kwabena O., Afutu, Emmanuel, Boamah, Isaac, Olu-Taiwo, Michael, Anim-Baidoo, Isaac, Ayeh-Kumi, Patrick F.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Libertas Academica 2013
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3795528/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24137051 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/EHI.S12820

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