Publications by authors named "Kennedy Gyau"
Since the global pandemic of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), few studies have reported on the relevance of bacteria co-infection on outcome of COVID-19 patients. Little is known about the clinical presentation among pregnant women, mother-to-child transmission, and fetal outcomes. This report shows a 24-year-old nulliparous woman who was 32 weeks pregnant and was admitted to the University Hospital, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi Ghana with symptoms of fever (40.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParvovirus B19 (B19V) occurs globally and can cause severe anaemia. The role of co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) has been controversially discussed.
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- This study examines how social and geographical factors influence the risk of bacterial infections in children with fever in a rural-urban area of Ghana.
- A total of 2,306 pediatric patients were evaluated, revealing that 3.1% had bacteraemia, with non-typhoidal Salmonella being the most common pathogen.
- Findings indicated that higher urbanicity and better socio-economic status are associated with a lower likelihood of bacteraemia, particularly for non-typhoidal Salmonella infections.