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Bacteriological profile and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of common isolates of neonatal sepsis, Ho Municipality, Ghana-2016

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Published Online: 2018-01-23

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Aku, Fortress Yayra

Akweongo, Patricia

Nyarko, Kofi

Sackey, Samuel

Wurapa, Fredrick

Afari, Edwin Andrew

Ameme, Donne Kofi

Kenu, Ernest http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8007-0073
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Article History

Received: 21 June 2017

Accepted: 28 December 2017

First Online: 23 January 2018

Competing interest

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

: Approval for this study was obtained from the Ghana Health Service Ethical Review Committee. Permission was also sort from the Municipal Health Directorate and the hospital administration of the respective hospitals. An informed consent was administered to mothers of neonates before participation in the study, and each respondent was given a unique identifier such that data gathered could not be traced back to respondents.

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