Burden, Antibiotic Resistance, and Clonality of <i>Shigella</i> spp. Implicated in Community-Acquired Acute Diarrhoea in Lilongwe, Malawi

Burden, Antibiotic Resistance, and Clonality of <i>Shigella</i> spp. Implicated in Community-Acquired Acute Diarrhoea in Lilongwe, Malawi

Although numerous studies have investigated diarrhoea aetiology in many sub-Saharan African countries, recent data on <i>Shigella</i> species’ involvement in community-acquired acute diarrhoea (CA-AD) in Malawi are scarce. This study investigated the incidence, antibiotic susceptibility...

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Main Authors: Abel F.N.D. Phiri, Akebe Luther King Abia, Daniel Gyamfi Amoako, Rajab Mkakosya, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, Sabiha Y. Essack, Gunnar Skov Simonsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Subjects:
Diarrhoeal diseases
antibiotic resistance
public health
low- and middle-income countries
clonal relatedness
virulence determinants
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/6/2/63

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