HIGH PREVALENCE OF MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE IN A TERTIARY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN WESTERN KENYA | Zendy

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HIGH PREVALENCE OF MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE IN A TERTIARY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN WESTERN KENYA

Author(s) -

Ogalo Edith Apondi,

Owuor Chrispine Oduor,

Boor Kipyego Gye,

Kennedy Mutai

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

african journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 2505-0419

pISSN - 2006-0165

DOI - 10.21010/ajid.v10i2.3

Subject(s) - amikacin , meropenem , medicine , drug resistance , klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , cephalosporin , cefotaxime , imipenem , ceftazidime , multiple drug resistance , antibiotic resistance , tertiary referral hospital , retrospective cohort study , biology , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa , biochemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram negative enterobacteriaciae commonly associated with nosocomial infections. Multidrug resistant strains are increasingly being reported with corresponding increase in morbidity and mortality. The study outlines the epidemiology and antibiotic resistance pattern of K. pneumonia over a 10 year period in Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya.

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