Journal of Emergency Medicine: Open Access(JEMOA)
ISSN: 2994-6875 | DOI: 10.33140/JEMOA
Impact Factor: 0.98
Fahad Lwigale
Global Health Security Program, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Publications
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Research Article
Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Isolates from Bloodstream Infections at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda
Author(s): Fahad Lwigale*, Grace Akello, Jonathan Mayito, Julius Magembe, Bernard Wanyonyi Wanjala, Arnold Bakabweyaka, Rodney Mugasha, Jhamira Martha Nakasi, Herman Mwanja, Hope Mackline, Reuben Reuben, Richard Walwema, Francis Kakooza and Mohammed Lamorde
Introduction Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are common acute syndromes of variable origin with high chances for extreme health effects including death. Empirical therapy is usually employed to manage the BSIs despite the high resistance to the antibacterial agents used including cefriaxone and/or metronindazole. This study determined the aetiologic agents responsible for bloodstream infections, their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and infection sources in Eastern-central Uganda. Methods This retrospective cross-sectional study involved analysis of data from all non-duplicate blood culture reports from 2019 to 2021. These were earlier generated using single set blood culture, conventional microbiology techniques and disc diffusion-based antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) guided by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.. Read More»