Contamination of hospital surfaces by third-generation cephalosporin-resistant gram-negative bacteria in district hospitals in Mwanza, Tanzania: Urgent need for enhanced infection prevention and control
This study reveals substantial dispersion of highly resistant Gram-negative bacteria to hospital surfaces, showing the need to prevent dispersion of such contamination and targeted hospital hygiene measures to protect patients.
Authors
- Heike Claus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7585-8533)
- Prisca Damiano
- Maria Josefina Leuba Salum
- Vitus Silago (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4178-3254)
- Conjester I. Mtemisika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7962-3443)
- Stephen Eliatosha Mshana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7526-6271)
- Jeremiah Seni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2420-5329)
- Reuben N Abednego (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7588-2309)
- Bernard C. Okamo
- B.M. Minja
- Ezekiel B. Gamuya
- Beatrice Augustino Mtewele
- Kulwa P Mnibi
Institutions
- University of Dar es Salaam (TZ)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Prevention in Practice
- Published
- 2025-07-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2025.100475
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00