Characterization of urinary Escherichia coli isolates in HIV-seropositive women with asymptomatic bacteriuria in Western Ghana
ASB is common in our HIV- seropositive participants, indicating that WLHIV are at a higher risk of developing complications from UTIs. Though fosfomycin may be useful in managing UTIs in this population group, the high prevalence of multidrug-resistant, E. coli harbouring diverse virulence genes, warrants surveillance of ASB among this vulnerable group.
Authors
- Harold K. Amegbletor
- Felicia Owusu
- Mary‐Magdalene Osei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2216-7237)
- Grebstad Rabbi Amuasi
- Beverly Egyir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5032-8739)
- Appiah-Korang Labi
- Japheth A. Opintan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3928-2116)
- Ebenezer Kofi Mensah
- Paul Cooper
- Nelson Hukporti
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (GH)
- St. Martin de Porres Hospital (TW)
- Ghana Health Service (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-12-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-04553-9
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00