… In a cohort study of consecutive neonatal admissions to Kilifi County Hospital from July
2013 … and identified risk factors for ESBL-E acquisition in hospital using Poisson regression. …

… or plasmid-borne resistance genes between the community and hospital environments.
Although data on over-the-counter antibiotic use in Kilifi is not available we can assume it has …

… in stool is common among children discharged from hospital in western Kenya …
hospitals, improved sanitation, and access to safe drinking water to mitigate the spread of β-lactamase-…

… hospitals in 5 Kenyan counties: Nairobi, Kisumu, Kisii, Kilifi, and Kericho. The Nairobi and
Kisii county hospitals are full-service teaching and referral hospitals … Metallo-β lactamases VIM …

… , β lactams, and quinolones [6, 7]. This resistance is mediated by the production of
antibiotic-degrading enzymes, especially the β-lactamases, which hydrolyse β-lactam antibiotics [8]. …

… lactamases (ESBLs) producing Enterobacteriaceae cause infections that are often reported
in both hospital … Conclusion: Our results indicate that there is Presence of Beta lactam genes …

… factors that are associated with AMR carriage at hospital discharge. In this cross-sectional …
from hospitals, we found AMR to be high. Children who received antibiotics in the hospital, …

… surveillance data of 33 188 admissions to Kilifi District Hospital, Kenya, between April 16,
2002… The effect on morbidity was measured as the increase in hospital stay by comparison with …

… (MDR) pathogens in both hospital and community acquired … cephalosporins and non-β
lactam antibiotics is more common … to β-lactams antibiotics plus at least one of the non β-lactam …

… trust, Kilifi, to determine the phylogenomic changes, virulence and resistant genes. …
Resistance against certain antibiotic categories is already high in hospital settings in Uganda but …