TY - GEN T1 - Bacteremia and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance over Time, Ghana AU - Groß, Uwe AU - Amuzu, Sylvarius K. AU - Ciman, Ring de AU - Kassimova, Iparkhan AU - Groß, Lisa AU - Rabsch, Wolfgang AU - Rosenberg, Ulrike AU - Schulze, Marco AU - Stich, August AU - Zimmermann, Ortrud AB - Bacterial distribution and antimicrobial drug resistance were monitored in patients with bacterial bloodstream infections in rural hospitals in Ghana. In 2001–2002 and in 2009, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi was the most prevalent pathogen. Although most S. enterica serovar Typhi isolates were chloramphenicol resistant, all isolates tested were susceptible to ciprofloxacin. KW - Adult KW - Humans KW - Middle Aged KW - Time Factors KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use KW - Microbial Sensitivity Tests KW - Young Adult KW - Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology KW - Typhoid Fever/microbiology KW - Salmonella enterica/isolation & purification KW - Bacteremia/microbiology KW - Drug Resistance Bacterial KW - Bacteremia/drug therapy KW - Ghana KW - Salmonella enterica/drug effects KW - Typhoid Fever/drug therapy KW - 610 Medizin PY - 2011 LA - eng PB - Robert Koch-Institut VL - 17 IS - 10 DO - 10.3201/edi1710.110327 ER -