In much of the world antimicrobial drugs are sold without prescription or oversight by health-care
professionals. The scale and effect of this practice is unknown. We systematically …

The global problem of antimicrobial resistance is particularly pressing in developing countries,
where the infectious disease burden is high and cost constraints prevent the widespread …

In developing countries, acquired bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents is common in
isolates from healthy persons and from persons with community-acquired infections. …

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) are an increasingly important cause of diarrhoea.
E coli belonging to this category cause watery diarrhoea, which is often persistent and can …

In Nigeria, as in other developing countries, a very significant proportion of orofacial
diseases are due to microbial infections. 1, 2 This being the case, there is widespread use of …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is tracked most closely in clinical settings and high-income
countries. However, resistant organisms thrive globally and are transmitted to and from …

The growing threat from resistant organisms calls for concerted action to prevent the
emergence of new resistant strains and the spread of existing ones. Developing countries have …

Health is central to the development of any country. Nigeria's gross domestic product is the
largest in Africa, but its per capita income of about₦ 770 000 (US $2000) is low with a highly …

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant faecal Escherichia coli from
adult volunteers from urban (U) areas in Kenya, Mexico, Peru and the Philippines, and non-…

Control of fecal–orally transmitted pathogens is inadequate in many developing countries,
in particular, in sub-Saharan Africa. Acquired resistance to antimicrobial drugs is becoming …