Diagnostic Bacteriology in District Hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa: At the Forefront of the Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance

This review provides an update on the factors fuelling antimicrobial resistance and shows the impact of these factors in low-resource settings. We detail the challenges and barriers to integrating clinical bacteriology in hospitals in low-resource settings, as well as the opportunities provided by t...

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Main Authors: Jan Jacobs, Liselotte Hardy, Makeda Semret, Octavie Lunguya, Thong Phe, Dissou Affolabi, Cedric Yansouni, Olivier Vandenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2019.00205/full