Laboratory indices of hospitalized sickle cell disease patients, prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogenic bacterial isolates at MRCG ward in the Gambia

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of invasive bacterial infections and their antimicrobial resistance patterns in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients admitted at the Medical Research Council the Gambia (MRCG) Ward in the era of PCV and Hib vaccination in the Ga...

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Main Authors: Mustapha Dibbasey, Mamudou Dahaba, Francess Sarfo, Ida Jallow-Manneh, Buntung Ceesay, Solomon Umukoro, Mouhamadou Fadel Diop, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-08-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08542-z