| dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bonten, Prof. Marc | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bruijning- Verhagen, Ass. Prof. Patricia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wekesa, A.N. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-28T17:00:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-08-28T17:00:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/17899 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
| dc.format.extent | 303712 | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in East African Hospitals | |
| dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
| dc.subject.keywords | Antibiotic resistance, hospitals, East Africa | |
| dc.subject.courseuu | Epidemiology | |
