Browsing School of Medicine (Sch. of Med.) Collections by Subject "Bacterial infections"

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Mortality and associated factors among in-patients with multi-drug (antibiotic) resistant bacterial infections at Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Uganda

Ntembe, Alvin (Makerere University, 2024)

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacterial infections is an emerging public health threat that caused nearly five million annual deaths as of 2019. Multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial infections (resistance ...
Prevalence of bacterial infections and utility of leucocytosis in predicting infections amongst adult sickle cell patients admitted to Mulago National Referral Hospital

Musoke, Tonny Sekikongo (Makerere University, 2020-08)

Background: Bacteraemia occurs less in SCA patients above 10 years of age yet they are usually admitted in crisis with a higher leucocyte count compared to normal population. We set out to determine the prevalence of ...