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        Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in East African Hospitals

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        2014
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        Wekesa, A.N.
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        Introduction: Antibiotic resistance is a global burden, besides it is worse in low and middle-income countries where infectious diseases are still on the rise. This is occasioned by misuse of antibiotics. Methods: We did a systematic literature review to assess the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in major hospitals within the East African region. Results: 20 articles were included in this review; they were published between 1997 and 2013. Of the 20 articles, 9 (45%) from Tanzania, 6 (30%) were from Kenya, 4 (20%), 1 (5%) from Uganda and Rwanda respectively. Overall resistance rates varied in different studies. Prevalence for MRSA ranged from 0.4% to 84.1% as shown in table 1 while that of ESBL ranged from 9.9% to 81.9% Conclusion: Antimicrobial resistance is high in most major hospitals in East Africa
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