Bacteremia and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance over Time, Ghana

Abstract

Bacterial distribution and antimicrobial drug resistance were monitored in patients with bacterial bloodstream infections in rural hospitals in Ghana. In 2001–2002 and in 2009, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was the most prevalent pathogen. Although most S. enterica serovar Typhi isolates were chloramphenicol resistant, all isolates tested were susceptible to ciprofloxacin.

Keywords

• bacteria
• fever of unknown origin
• FUO
• bloodstream infection
• bacteremia
• typhoid fever