Diagnosis and Treatment Outcome of Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Retrospective study in Kpando Municipal, Ghana

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Kumasi, Ghana

“…There also was no significant statistical association between gender and prevalence of the bacteria nor were there significant differences between the prevalence rates among males and females. The high prevalence in females may be due to the asymptomatic manifestations in women and also a higher chance of seeking medication or other treatment by men compared to women since symptoms manifest early in males [29]. This may be supported by the fact that the resistance to ciprofloxacin (which is orally administered, easy to access over the counter and routinely prescribed by clinicians) was significant in males than females in our study.…”

“…There was no association in the observed prevalence and resistance to ceftriaxone and gentamicin because both are administered intramuscularlly and thus restricted to hospital use, confirming the fact that, unregulated usage of a particular antimicrobial agent could lead to antimicrobial resistance in the agent. [29] All the isolates were resistant to at least three of the antimicrobial agents used, representing a multi-drug resistance of 100%. The high level of resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline and erythromycin observed in this study has also been reported elsewhere [27,28,[30][31][32].…”