Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Microbes Causing Bloodstream Infections in Unguja, Zanzibar

BACKGROUND: Bloodstream infections (BSI) are frequent and cause high case-fatality rates. Urgent antibiotic treatment can save patients’ lives, but antibiotic resistance can render antibiotic therapy futile. This study is the first to collect epidemiological data on BSI from Unguja, Zanzibar. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Onken, Annette, Said, Abdulrahman K., Jørstad, Melissa, Jenum, Pål A., Blomberg, Bjørn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26700032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145632

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26700032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145632

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