Profile of multidrug-resistant clinical bacterial isolates at the National Hospital of Zinder (NHZ), Niger Republic in 2021

*1Abdoulaye, O., 1,2Sidi Maman Bacha, B., 1Hama Aghali, N., 3Abdoulaye, I.,

1Abdoulaye, M. B., 4Lo, G., 5Yacouba, A., 6Chaibou, S., 5Alhousseini Maiga, D.,  1Biraima, A., 1Harouna Amadou, M. L., 7Doutchi, M., 1Bako Saley, M. L.,  1Maman Sani Falissou, S., 1Moussa, M., and 5Mamadou, S.

1Faculté des Sciences de la Santé de l’Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi, Niger

2Hôpital National de Zinder, Niger

3Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire, Niamey, Niger

4Faculté de Médecine, de Pharmacie et d’Odontostomatologie, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal

5Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger

6Hôpital Général de Référence de Niamey, Niger

7Faculté des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Zinder, Niger

*Correspondence to: ousmaneabdoulaye2010@yahoo.com; +227 96354580

 

Abstract:

 Background: Today, bacterial resistance is a public health challenge throughout the world, and infections caused by resistant bacteria are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and health care costs. The objective of this descriptive study is to determine the prevalence and distribution of multi-drug resistant (MDR) clinical bacteria isolates at the National Hospital of Zinder, Niger Republic in 2021. Continue reading “Profile of multidrug-resistant clinical bacterial isolates at the National Hospital of Zinder (NHZ), Niger Republic in 2021”