| susceptibility pattern of neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated at the komfo, anokye teaching hospital, ghana to commonly prescribed antimicrobial agents. | this study which aimed to determine the susceptibility patterns of seven often prescribed antimicrobial agents for treatment of gonorrhoea in kumasi, ghana, over a study period of 3 years (1991 through 1993), examined a total of 1187 specimens (high vaginal, cervical and urethral). identification of n. gonorrhoeae was by colonial morphology, oxidase test, sugar fermentation test and the gram-stain. the intra-lactam strip method was used to determine which neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates were beta ... | 1994 | 7835257 |
| bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility in kumasi, ghana. | between january, 1994 and june, 1996 a survey of bacterial isolates from clinical specimens and their antimicrobial susceptibility was performed at the komfo anokye teaching hospital, microbiology department, kumasi, ghana. a total of 11,380 bacterial isolates were cultured from eight different specimens. the sites of origin were wounds 32.2%, urine 28.1%, ear, nose and throat 3.6%, sputum 2.5% and aspirates 2.5%. gram-negative bacteria accounted for 7955 (69.9%) isolates, the main species were ... | 1997 | 9491183 |