Open AccessMagnitude, Diversity, and Antibiograms of Bacteria Isolated from Patient-Care Equipment and Inanimate Objects of Selected Wards in Arba Minch General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Melkam Birru,
Matusal Mengistu,
Munira Siraj,
Addis Aklilu,
Kalicha Boru,
Melat Woldemariam,
Gelila Biresaw,
Mohammed Seid,
Aseer Manilal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research and reports in tropical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7282
DOI - 10.2147/rrtm.s301215
Subject(s) - ampicillin , acinetobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , enterobacter , trimethoprim , sulfamethoxazole , medicine , antimicrobial , penicillin , biology , antibiotics , veterinary medicine , escherichia coli , biochemistry , gene
Patient-care equipment and inanimate objects contaminated with bacteria are a persistent problem in countries like Ethiopia, and remain overlooked. This study aimed to elucidate the magnitude of contaminations, diversity, and antimicrobial-susceptibility patterns of bacterial isolates from selected wards of Arba Minch General Hospital, Ethiopia.