Extended-spectrum β-lactamase and carbapenemase-producing bacteria urinary tract infections in adult HIV-positive outpatients at Embu County Referral Hospital, Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to public health, with the Global Action Plan advocating, among others, for strengthening AMR knowledge and evidence base through surveillance and research and optimizing the use of antimicrobial medicines in human and animal health. However, due to inadequate healthcare infrastructure in many resource-constrained countries, epidemiological data to inform infection prevention interventions and guide antimicrobial policy guidelines in people living with HIV is limited. Here, we assessed the prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, and associated factors of bacterial urinary tract infections among adult HIV-positive outpatients in our study setting.

Methods

This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study among a

SUBMITTER: Kiongo NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12619240 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature