High Prevalence of ESBL-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study
Liban Abdi Nor, Ahmed Hassan Ibrahim, Serpil Doğan, Hanan Hassan Hirei, Said Mohamed Mohamud, Abdulrahman Nor Abdi, Yahye Sheikh Abdulle Hassan · 2026
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Liban Abdi Nor and co-authors report in 2026 a high rate of hard to treat bacteria at a major hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. The bacteria make an enzyme that breaks a wide class of antibiotics, and they often resist many other drugs as well. Data from Somalia on this threat have been scarce.
The team looked back at 369 distinct bacteria samples gathered from inpatients and outpatients between April and December 2025. They measured how many made the enzyme, which drugs still worked, and which patient traits went with resistant infections. A firm local rate gives the hospital a base for its drug choices and infection control. It also adds Somalia to a world map of resistance that has blank spots exactly where data are hardest to gather.
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| CREATOR | Liban Abdi Nor, Ahmed Hassan Ibrahim, Serpil Doğan, Hanan Hassan Hirei, Said Mohamed Mohamud, Abdulrahman Nor Abdi, Yahye Sheikh Abdulle Hassan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |