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    • Candida species carriage in diabetic patients in Misrata, Libya 

      Esmaio, Mustafa Hassan Mustafa; Abrantes, Pedro Miguel dos Santos; Africa, Charlene Wilma Joyce (Medpharm Publications, 2017)
      Background: There is a paucity of studies describing the prevalence and antimicrobial profiles of Candida in Libya. Limited treatment choices in the antifungal armamentarium in public healthcare settings in Africa require ...
    • Colistin, Carbapenem and Cephalosporin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae reported from Misrata, Libya 

      Shallouf, Mohamed; Abrantes, Pedro Miguel dos Santos; Fielding, Burtram Clinton; Africa, Charlene Wilma Joyce (Medpharm Publications, 2017)
      Background: National surveillance of antimicrobial resistance has become a mandatory approach to control the spread of antimicrobial resistance and for the establishment of antibiotic treatment guidelines. In this study, ...
    • Rare fungal species isolated from Libyan diabetic patients 

      Esmaio, Mustafa; Abrantes, Pedro Miguel dos Santos; Africa, Charlene W.J. (Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN), 2016)
      BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The emerging resistance of Candida species to antifungals routinely used to treat candidiasis in HIV patients and in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) has resulted in the frequent isolation ...
    • Vitek characterisation of type 2 diabetes-associated Candida species 

      Esmaio, Mustafa Hassan Mustafa; Abrantes, Pedro Miguel dos Santos; Africa, Charlene Wilma Joyce (Elsevier, 2017)
      Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) predisposes patients to opportunistic infections, such as invasive candidiasis. Treatment of candidiasis is challenged by the emerging resistance of Candida species. In this ...