Misheck Shawa, Atmika Paudel, Herman Chambaro, Harvey Kamboyi, Ruth Nakazwe, Luke Alutuli, Tuvshinzaya Zorigt, Taona Sinyawa, Mulemba Samutela, Joseph Chizimu, Manyando Simbotwe, Kyoko Hayashida, Naganori Nao, Masahiro Kajihara, Yoshikazu Furuta, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Hirofumi Sawa, Bernard Hang'ombe, Hideaki Higashi
Increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among bacteria underscores the need to strengthen AMR surveillance and promote data-based prescribing. To evaluate trends and associations between antimicrobial usage (AMU) and AMR, we explored a dataset of 34,672 bacterial isolates collected between 2015 and 2020 from clinical samples at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. The most frequently isolated species were Escherichia coli (4,986/34,672; 14.4%), Staphylococcus aureus (3,941/34,672; 11.4%), and Klebsiella pneumoniae (3,796/34,672; 10...
2024: PloS One