Spectrum of antibiotic resistant bacteria and fungi isolated from chronically infected wounds in a rural district hospital in Ghana.
<h4>Background</h4>Chronic infected wounds are generally difficult to manage and treatment can be particularly challenging in resource-limited settings where diagnostic testing is not readily available. In this study, the epidemiology of microbial pathogens in chronically infected wounds...
Main Authors: | Ralf Krumkamp, Kwabena Oppong, Benedikt Hogan, Ricardo Strauss, Hagen Frickmann, Charity Wiafe-Akenten, Kennedy G Boahen, Volker Rickerts, Ilka McCormick Smith, Uwe Groß, Marco Schulze, Anna Jaeger, Ulrike Loderstädt, Nimako Sarpong, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Jürgen May, Denise Dekker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237263 |
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