Microbial organisms and antibiotic sensitivity patterns in patients with catheter-related bloodstream infections at a tertiary hospital

Autor: Peter Puplampu, Bismark Opoku-Asare, Vincent Jessey Ganu, Olive Asafu-Adjaye, Anita Ago Asare, Isaac Kyeremateng, Akosua Opoku-Asare, Vincent Boima, Eric Sampane-Donkor

Publikováno v: Clinical Infection in Practice, Vol 23, Iss , Pp 100365- (2024)

This study assessed the microbial agents that cause CRBSIs and their antibiotic resistance patterns among patients with CVC undergoing maintenance haemodialysis. Patients undergoing maintenance haemodialysis (MHD) via CVC, at a tertiary hospital, bet

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Evaluation of Hermetic Storage Bags for the Preservation of Yellow Maize in Poultry Farms in Dormaa Ahenkro, Ghana

Autor: Bismark Opoku, Enoch Adjei Osekre, George Opit, Augustine Bosomtwe, Georgina V. Bingham

Publikováno v: Insects, Vol 14, Iss 2, p 141 (2023)

Using low-quality maize, resulting from insect pests and fungal attack, for formulating feed reduces chicken performance. This study evaluated the effectiveness of hermetic storage bags to keep insect pest and mycotoxin levels in check in yellow maiz

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/57f54cb02eeb434895c0e241af821ac7

Cryptococcal and Histoplasma Antigen Screening Among People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Ghana and Comparative Analysis of OIDx Histoplasma Lateral Flow Assay and IMMY Histoplasma Enzyme Immunoassay

Autor: Bright K Ocansey, Benjamin Otoo, Isabella Asamoah, Vincent Ganu, Kofi P Berko, Oluwakemi Oladele, Emmanuella A Amankwa, Bismark Opoku-Asare, Martin Agyei, Lawrence George, Fleischer C N Kotey, Chris Kosmidis, Peter Puplampu, Japheth A Opintan, David W Denning

Publikováno v: Ocansey, B K, Otoo, B, Asamoah, I, Ganu, V, Berko, K P, Oladele, O, Amankwa, E A, Opoku-Asare, B, Agyei, M, George, L, Kotey, F C N, Kosmidis, C, Puplampu, P, Opintan, J A & Denning, D W 2022, ' Cryptococcal and Histoplasma Antigen Screening among People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Ghana and Comparative Analysis of OIDx Histoplasma Lateral Flow Assay and IMMY Histoplasma Enzyme Immunoassay ', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, vol. 9, no. 7, ofac277 . https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac277

Background Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) and disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) are common in people with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH) and diagnosed by detecting cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) and Histoplasma antigen (HistoAg), respectively. In Ghana

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https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac277

Urinary PCA3 a Superior Diagnostic Biomarker for Prostate Cancer among Ghanaian Men

Autor: Bismark Opoku Mensah, Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo, W. K. B. A. Owiredu, Ben Adusei

Publikováno v: Disease Markers.

Introduction. Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in men. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has been the biomarker of choice for screening and diagnosis of prostate cancer. However, inefficiencies exist with its diagnostic cap

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Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections among patients on maintenance haemodialysis: a cross-sectional study at a tertiary hospital in Ghana.

Autor: Opoku-Asare, Bismark¹ (AUTHOR), Boima, Vincent^1,2 (AUTHOR), Ganu, Vincent Jessey¹ (AUTHOR), Aboagye, Elvis³ (AUTHOR), Asafu-Adjaye, Olive⁴ (AUTHOR), Asare, Anita Ago⁵ (AUTHOR), Kyeremateng, Isaac⁶ (AUTHOR), Kwakyi, Edward^1,2 (AUTHOR), Agyei, Adwoa^1,2 (AUTHOR), Sampane-Donkor, Eric⁷ (AUTHOR), Puplampu, Peter^1,2 (AUTHOR) pedpup2@gmail.com

Publikováno v: BMC Infectious Diseases. 10/7/2023, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-10. 10p.