KNUSTSpace >
Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research (KCCR) >
Publications >
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7109
|
Title: | Antibiotic resistance patterns of escherichia coli isolates from hospitals in Kumasi, Ghana |
Authors: | George, Duredoh Freeman Gbedema, StephenYao Agyare, Christian Adu, Francis Boamah, Vivian Etsiapa Tawiah, Adelaide Ama Saana, Sixtus Bieranye BayaaMartin |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | International Scholarly Research Network |
Citation: | ISRN Microbiology Volume 2012, Article ID 658470, 5 pages |
Abstract: | Nosocomial infections are infections acquired by a patient as a result of treatment in a hospital or healthcare service providing
center and symptoms occurs within a short period of hospitalization. The study was to determine the antibiotic resistance patterns
of Escherichia coli isolated from Kumasi-South, Tafo and Suntreso Hospitals, Kumasi, Ghana. Total of 600 swabs samples from
the hospitals were collected between January and June, 2010. The isolates were identified using morphological and biochemical
means. A total of 97 E. coli isolates were obtained from the hospitals. Beds in hospital wards had the highest number of E. coli
strains (53.6%), followed by floors (20.6%) while drainages had the least isolates (3.1%). Majority of the E. coli isolates (90.7%)
exhibited resistance to ampicillin while 6.2 and 3.1% showed intermediate and sensitive respectively. Co-trimoxazole, 78.4% of
the isolates were resistant while 9.3 and 12.4% exhibited intermediate and sensitive responses respectively. E. coli isolates (28.6 to
46.4%) were resistant to gentamicin, ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone while 14.4 to 47.4% gave intermediate responses. Most isolates
(80.4%) exhibited multi-drug resistance. There is a need to observe proper personal hygiene, use of effective disinfectants and
proper disposal of contaminated/pathogenic materials in these hospitals to control nosocomial infections. |
Description: | Article published in International Scholarly Research Network
ISRN Microbiology
Volume 2012, Article ID 658470, 5 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/658470 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7109 |
Appears in Collections: | Publications
|
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
|