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| Title |
Current State of Resistance to Antibiotics of Last-Resort in South Africa: A Review from a Public Health Perspective
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Public Health, September 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00209 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
John Osei Sekyere |
| Abstract |
A review of the literature was undertaken to delineate the current level and mechanisms of resistance to carbapenems, colistin, and tigecycline in South Africa. Thirty-two English publications and 32 National Institute of Communicable Diseases communiqués identified between early January 2000 and 20 May, 2016 showed substantial reports of NDM (n = 860), OXA-48 (n = 584), VIM (n = 131), and IMP (n = 45) carbapenemases within this period, mainly in Klebsiella pneumoniae (n = 1138), Acinetobacter baumannii (n = 332), Enterobacter cloacae (n = 201), and Serratia marcescens (n = 108). Colistin and tigecycline resistance was prevalent among K. pneumoniae, A. baumannii, S. marcescens, and E. cloacae. The first mcr-1 colistin resistance gene to be detected in South Africa was reported in Escherichia coli from livestock as well as from hospitalized and outpatients. There are increasing reports of NDM and OXA-48 carbapenemases among Enterobacteriaceae and A. baumannii in South Africa. Mcr-1 is now present in South African patients and livestock. Resistance to carbapenems, colistin, and tigecycline restricts infection management options for clinicians. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 213 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 35 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 10% |
| Researcher | 20 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 19 | 9% |
| Other | 30 | 14% |
| Unknown | 61 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Immunology and Microbiology | 36 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 25 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 22 | 10% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 24 | 11% |
| Unknown | 73 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 October 2016.
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