Surveillance of surgical-site infections and antimicrobial resistance patterns in a tertiary hospital in Alexandria, Egypt | Zendy

May Raouf | Zendy; Thoraya Ghazal | Zendy; Mohamed Kassem | Zendy; Abdelfattah Agamya | Zendy; Amira Amer | Zendy

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Surveillance of surgical-site infections and antimicrobial resistance patterns in a tertiary hospital in Alexandria, Egypt

Author(s) -

May Raouf,

Thoraya Ghazal,

Mohamed Kassem,

Abdelfattah Agamya,

Amira Amer

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.12124

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , antimicrobial , drug resistance , infection control , antibiotic resistance , carbapenem , antibiotics , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , physics , optics

Surveillance and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) monitoring are fundamental to Health care associated infections control. Limited data are available from developing countries for both. This study aimed to evaluate incidence and risk factors of surgical site infections (SSIs), etiological pathogens and AMR patterns identification.

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