TY - JOUR
T1 - The Bacterial Species Behind the Wound and Their Antibacterial Resistant Pattern
T2 - A Three-Year Retrospective Study at St. Dominic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana
AU - Deku, John Gameli
AU - Aninagyei, Enoch
AU - Bedzina, Israel
AU - Goloe, Francisca Esenam
AU - Eshun, Vida Angmorkie
AU - Agyei, Eunice
AU - Nmoandor, Jonathan Maniye
AU - Duneeh, Richard Vikpebah
AU - Duedu, Kwabena Obeng
PY - 2024/10/14
Y1 - 2024/10/14
N2 - Background Wound infections are often underestimated issues that can lead to chronic illnesses, and since the introduction of antibiotics, wound complications have become less common. However, due to the increased and irrational use of these antibiotics, the resistance in the bacterial isolates has become very common. This has led to reduced treatment options, delay in wound healing, and high treatment costs. This study aimed to investigate bacterial wound infections and their antibiotic resistance at St. Dominic Hospital, Ghana. Methods A total of 517 records of wound swab culture and susceptibility testing, and patient demographics from 2020 to 2022 were collected from the microbiology unit of St. Dominic Hospital in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The data were entered into Microsoft Excel 2019, cleaned, and exported into IBM SPSS v26 for the statistical analysis. p?
AB - Background Wound infections are often underestimated issues that can lead to chronic illnesses, and since the introduction of antibiotics, wound complications have become less common. However, due to the increased and irrational use of these antibiotics, the resistance in the bacterial isolates has become very common. This has led to reduced treatment options, delay in wound healing, and high treatment costs. This study aimed to investigate bacterial wound infections and their antibiotic resistance at St. Dominic Hospital, Ghana. Methods A total of 517 records of wound swab culture and susceptibility testing, and patient demographics from 2020 to 2022 were collected from the microbiology unit of St. Dominic Hospital in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The data were entered into Microsoft Excel 2019, cleaned, and exported into IBM SPSS v26 for the statistical analysis. p?
KW - antibacterial resistance
KW - Ghana
KW - wound culture
UR - https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/15917/
U2 - 10.1002/jcla.25114
DO - 10.1002/jcla.25114
M3 - Article
SN - 0887-8013
SP - e25114
JO - Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
JF - Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
ER -