Microbial Carriage of Cockroaches at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Ghana

Microbial Carriage of Cockroaches at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Ghana

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Cockroaches are common in the environment of many hospitals in Ghana; however, little is known about their public health risks. To evaluate potential risks, we investigated the external and internal microbial flora of 61 cockroaches from a tertiary hospital in Ghana and evaluated the antibiotic resi...

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Main Authors:	Patience B. Tetteh-Quarcoo, Eric S. Donkor, Simon K. Attah, Kwabena O. Duedu, Emmanuel Afutu, Isaac Boamah, Michael Olu-Taiwo, Isaac Anim-Baidoo, Patrick F. Ayeh-Kumi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:	Environmental Health Insights
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.4137/EHI.S12820

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