BACKGROUND Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients hospitalized in intensive care units. Recent studies suggest that dental plaque biofilms serve as a reservoir for respiratory pathogens. The goal of this study was to determine the genetic relationship between strains of respiratory pathogens first isolated from the oral cavity and later i...

Background: Infections with resistance bacteria threatens the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment with increased morbidity, mortality and hospital costs. Rapid emergence of multi-drug resistance necessitates monitoring microbial isolates with their resistance pattern. During 2015-16, this study conducted in Square hospital ICU to see pattern of pathogens, their antimicrobial resistance and pr...

OBJECTIVES To determine the relative frequencies and prevalence rates of pathogenic Escherichia coli and intestinal parasites in hospitalised infants (0-5 years) in Kumasi. DESIGN A prospective descriptive study of screening 162 (83 males and 79 females) infants with diarrhoea and 122(64 males and 58 females) non-diarrhoeal infants controls for pathogens (E. coli and intestinal parasites) by ...

BACKGROUND Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections encountered by clinicians in developing countries. Area-specific monitoring studies aimed to gain knowledge about the type of pathogens responsible for urinary tract infections and their resistance patterns may help the clinician to choose the correct empirical treatment. Therefore, the aim of this study was...

Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens are responsible for a significant number of infections whose origin has been traced to drinking water. These opportunistic pathogens represent an emerging water borne disease problem with a major economic cost of at least $1 billion annually. The common features of this group of waterborne pathogens include: disinfectant-resistance, pipe surface adherenc...

Resistance rates are increasing among several problematic Gram-negative pathogens that are often responsible for serious nosocomial infections, including Acinetobacter spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and (because of their production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase) Enterobacteriaceae. The presence of multiresistant strains of these organisms has been associated with prolonged hospital stays, ...

Abstract Background Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most typical problem for patients who undergo operative procedures. It remains a and widespread causing morbidity mortality, partly related to rise in infections due antimicrobial-resistant bacterial pathogens. The study was purposed evaluate isolates their drug susceptibility patterns with postoperative surgical infection. Results rate o...