S
Stephen E. Mshana
Researcher at Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences
Publications - 267
Citations - 4854
Stephen E. Mshana is an academic researcher from Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Tanzania. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 213 publications receiving 3610 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen E. Mshana include Makerere University & The Catholic University of America.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Predictors of positive blood culture and deaths among neonates with suspected neonatal sepsis in a tertiary hospital, Mwanza-Tanzania.
TL;DR: It is suggested that lethargy, convulsion, inability to feed, cyanosis, PROM and meconium stained liquor are significantly associated with positive blood culture in both early and late onset disease.
Journal ArticleDOI
Predictors of surgical site infections among patients undergoing major surgery at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania
TL;DR: SSI is common among patients admitted in surgical wards at BMC and pre-morbid illness, use of drain, iodine alone in skin preparation, prolonged duration of the operation and cigarette smoking were found to predict SSI.
Journal ArticleDOI
Prevalence of urinary tract infection among pregnant women at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of UTI among symptomatic and asymptomatic pregnant women attending Bugando Medical centre (BMC) in Mwanza, Tanzania.
Journal ArticleDOI
Prevalence of multiresistant gram-negative organisms in a tertiary hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania.
TL;DR: Successful implementation of a routine detection of ESBL production is essential in designing appropriate antibiotic prescribing policies and infection control intervention programmes and pose a challenge to antibiotic therapy.
Journal ArticleDOI
Carbapenemase Genes among Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Clinical Isolates from a Tertiary Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania
TL;DR: Routine testing for carbapenem resistance among multidrug resistant gram negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) isolated from clinical specimens in a tertiary hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania is recommended.