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Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in Hospital Wastewater of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the top 10 public health threats. One approach to tackling the AMR menace could involve expanding the range of AMR surveillance domains to include hospital wastewater (HWW), a domain that has largely been overlooked by researchers. Aim: To evaluat...

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Main Authors:	Daisy S Addae-Nuku (Author), Fleischer CN Kotey (Author), Nicholas TKD Dayie (Author), Mary-Magdalene Osei (Author), Edem MA Tette (Author), Philip Debrah (Author), Eric S Donkor (Author)
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Published:	SAGE Publishing, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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