The Bacterial Species Behind the Wound and Their Antibacterial Resistant Pattern: A Three-Year Retrospective Study at St. Dominic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana

John Gameli Deku; Enoch Aninagyei; Israel Bedzina; Francisca Esenam Goloe; Vida Angmorkie Eshun; Eunice Agyei; Jonathan Maniye Nmoandor; Richard Vikpebah Duneeh; Kwabena Obeng Duedu

doi:10.1002/jcla.25114

The Bacterial Species Behind the Wound and Their Antibacterial Resistant Pattern: A Three-Year Retrospective Study at St. Dominic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana

John Gameli Deku^* (Corresponding / Lead Author)
, Enoch Aninagyei
, Israel Bedzina
, Francisca Esenam Goloe
, Vida Angmorkie Eshun
, Eunice Agyei
, Jonathan Maniye Nmoandor
, Richard Vikpebah Duneeh
, Kwabena Obeng Duedu

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Health and Allied Sciences

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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?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e25114
Journal	Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jcla.25114
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 14 Oct 2024

Keywords

antibacterial resistance
Ghana
wound culture

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The Bacterial Species Behind the Wound and Their Antibacterial Resistant Pattern: A Three-Year Retrospective Study at St. Dominic Hospital, Akwatia, Ghana. / Deku, John Gameli (Corresponding / Lead Author); Aninagyei, Enoch; Bedzina, Israel et al.
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