Risk factors for wound infection in health care facilities in Buea, Cameroon: aerobic bacterial pathogens and antibiogram of isolates.

Introduction: Wound infection is a significant clinical challenge in hospitals in developing countries where proper healthcare delivery is hampered by limited resources. This study investigated the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of bacteria causing wound infection and risk factors for infection among hospitalized patients in Buea, Cameroon, to generate findings which could drive reformation of policies on infection control.

Methods: Aerobic bacteria were isolated from 212 swabs collected from patients with clinically diagnosed infected wounds.

Health education strategy in the control of urinary schistosomiasis.

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of health education intervention on the perception and prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis among school children in endemic rural communities in Cameroon. The rapid assessment technique method was used to determine the prevalence of Schistosoma heamatobium infection in Gounougou (experiment 1), Ouro-Doukoudje (experiment 2), and Lagdo (control). There was a positive correlation between the questionnaire approach, the biochemical testing, and ova detection rate (r dispersed between 0.