Clinical profiles of patients with antibiotic-resistant infections at select tertiary hospitals in Uganda: a retrospective study of clinical records
Conrad Tumwine, Flavia Dhikusooka, Reuben Kiggundu, Joseph Musaazi, Ronald Galiwango, Elly Nuwamanya, Mackline Hope, Alex Andema, Nathan Onyachi, Andrew Odur, Stephen Obbo, Peter Mukobi, Deus Twesigye, Francis Oriokot, James Elima, Alfred Yayi, Ben Watmon, Filbert J Nyeko, Charles Olaro, Dathan M By · 2026
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In nine tertiary hospitals in Uganda, Tumwine and co-authors reviewed the clinical records of 599 patients treated between March 2023 and April 2024 for infections that resist antibiotics. Their 2026 study describes who these patients were, which germs caused their infections, and which ward or patient traits tracked with harder-to-treat disease. Antibiotic resistance here means the germs survive drugs that should kill them, so normal treatment fails more often.
From 325 culture-confirmed infections the team grew 378 pathogens, and among those tested against three or more drug classes, about 65 percent met the study definition for multidrug resistance. Resistance was most common on surgical wards, where it reached 92 percent of tested cases, and linked deaths ran at 12.7 percent across the patient group studied. Patients with resistant infections also stayed in hospital five days longer than patients whose infections still responded to standard drug treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Conrad Tumwine, Flavia Dhikusooka, Reuben Kiggundu, Joseph Musaazi, Ronald Galiwango, Elly Nuwamanya, Mackline Hope, Alex Andema, Nathan Onyachi, Andrew Odur, Stephen Obbo, Peter Mukobi, Deus Twesigye, Francis Oriokot, James Elima, Alfred Yayi, Ben Watmon, Filbert J Nyeko, Charles Olaro, Dathan M By |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |