Healthcare-associated infections: bacteriological characterization of the hospital surfaces in the University Hospital of Abomey-Calavi/so-ava in South Benin (West Africa)

Abstract Background Healthcare-associated infections have become a public health problem, creating a new burden on medical care in hospitals. The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria poses a difficult task for physicians, who have limited therapeutic options. The dissemination of pathogens depe...

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Main Authors: F. Cyr Doscoph Afle, Alidéhou Jerrold Agbankpe, Roch Christian Johnson, Olivia Houngbégnon, Sègbè Christophe Houssou, Honoré Sourou Bankole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-018-3648-x