Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections: Hospital-Wide Bacterial Species and Antibiograms to Inform Management at a Zonal Tertiary Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania
Approximately three-quarter of patients have laboratory-confirmed SSTIs caused predominantly by MDR pathogens. Revisiting SSTIs treatment guidelines at BMC and inclusion of SSTIs in the on-going AMR surveillance in Tanzania are recommended.
Authors
- Alicia Massenga
- Martha Fidelis Mushi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-2523)
- N Diringer Michael
- Fabian Massaga
- Vitus Silago (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4178-3254)
- John Muyombe
- Mathew Maganga
- Jeremiah Seni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2420-5329)
- Francis Tegete
- Baraka Justine
- Zechariah Igembe
- Peter Kishengena
Institutions
- Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
- Bugando Medical Centre (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection and Drug Resistance
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/idr.s483953
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.27