Patterns of inpatient antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance in the surgical wards of a Ugandan tertiary hospital: A mixed methods study

• Fiona Mutesi Magololo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mfiona807@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Research, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3672-2505

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• Dathan Byonanebye,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Global Health Security, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Flavia Dhikusooka,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Research, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Adelline Twimukye,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Research, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Doreen Agaba,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Research, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Ellon Twinomuhwezi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Research, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Hope Mackline,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Research, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Edith Namakula,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Directorate of Surgery, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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• Alex Emmanuel Elobu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Directorate of Surgery, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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• Norbert Orwotho Tholith,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Directorate of Surgery, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2614-1121

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• Francis Kakooza,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Health Security, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Andrew Kambugu,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Research, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Henry Kajumbula

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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