Objective Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most serious global public health
threats that exert a significant burden in terms of patient morbidity and mortality and financial …

Background Antibiotic resistance is a worldwide problem that crosses international
boundaries and spread between continents easily. Hence, information on the existence of …

Objectives. The National Antimicrobial Surveillance Forum is a continuous surveillance
organisation comprising all academic/public and private sector laboratories in South Africa …

Background: Hospital Acquired infections are now frequently recognised as a threat to
treatment failure in intensive care units. More than 70% of critically sick patients receive an …

Resistance of Common Circulating Enteric Bacterial Pathogens to Prescribed Antibiotics
Among Under Five Years Summary Page 1 35 African Journal of Health Sciences, Volume 32 …

Background: In developing countries, knowledge of antimicrobial resistance patterns is
essential to define empirical therapy. Methodology: All the surgery and intensive care wards …

Background: Bacterial resistance is a worldwide phenomenon that can disrupt the treatment
of many different infectious diseases. Identifying drug-resistant bacteria is very important in …

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a rising global public health threat.
Knowledge of the circulating pathogens in a particular area and their antibiotic resistance …

Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are more prevalent in developing
countries and impact worsened health outcome. Therefore, routine surveillance of infection …

Antimicrobial resistance and hospital acquired infections have become an important public
health issue. Data on pathogen and antibiotic resistance is important for physicians …