A pandemic within a pandemic? Admission to COVID-19 wards in hospitals is associated with increased prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in two African settings

Patients who develop severe illness due to COVID-19 are more likely to be admitted to hospital and acquire bacterial co-infections, therefore the WHO recommends empiric treatment with antibiotics. Few reports ...

Source: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials - April 13, 2023 Category: Microbiology Authors: Linzy Elton, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid, John Tembo, Hana Elbadawi, Kwitaka Maluzi, Mohammed H. Abdelraheem, Teresa Cullip, Caren Kabanda, Kerry Roulston, Isobella Honeyborne, Margaret J Thomason, Kamal Elhag, Alaelddin Mohammed, Abdelsalam Adam, Kangwa Mu Tags: Research Source Type: research