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Genetic diversity and risk factors for the transmission of antimicrobial resistance across human, animals and environmental compartments in East Africa: a review.
Antimicrobial resistance and infection control - 6 Aug 2020
Katale Bugwesa Z, Misinzo Gerald, Mshana Stephen E, Chiyangi Harriet, Campino Susana, Clark Taane G, Good Liam, Rweyemamu Mark M, Matee Mecky I
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BACKGROUND: The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) present a challenge to disease control in East Africa. Resistance to beta-lactams, which are by far the most used antibiotics worldwide and include the penicillins, cephalosporins, monobactams and carbapenems, is reducing options for effective control of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The World Health Organization, Food and...
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