Clinical characteristics of external bacterial ocular and periocular infections and their antimicrobial treatment patterns among a Ghanaian ophthalmic population

Abstract Empirical antimicrobial therapy is linked to a surge in antimicrobial resistant infections. However, an insight on the bacteria etiology of ocular infections is essential in the appropriation of choice of antimicrobial among clinicians, yet there remains a dearth of data from Ghana. We inve...

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Main Authors: Isaiah Osei Duah Junior, Michel Pascal Tchiakpe, Lawrence Sheringham Borquaye, Kwadwo Amoah, Francis Kwaku Dzideh Amankwah, David Ben Kumah, Linda Aurelia Ofori, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Bright Owusu Prempeh, Stephen Yao Gbedema, Justin Munyaneza, Cynthia Amaning Danquah, Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14461-x