Halidou TINTO

Palpouguini LOMPO

CRUN, in collaboration with its partners at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp (Belgium), conducts routine surveillance of antimicrobial resistance using isolates from blood cultures. This study is conducted at CMA Saint Camille de Nanoro and at the two Centres médicaux in the Nanoro health district. Blood samples are collected for blood culture testing at CRUN microbiology laboratory. More than 1500 patients participated to this project between January 2021, and December 2025. More than 3% of patients had confirmed sepsis, that means positive blood cultures with clinically significant organisms, and approximately 4% of samples were contaminated with bacteria from the commensal flora of the patient’s skin. The most commonly isolated bacterial species was Salmonella spp., the causative agent of typhoid and paratyphoid fever. The isolated bacteria showed high resistance to antibiotics, prompting healthcare workers to raise awareness of the AMR situation in Burkina Faso. Continuing education for both healthcare and laboratory staff is necessary to ensure high-quality surveillance data in order to help contain the spread of AMR. In the framework of this project, more than 100 healthcare workers (HCWs) in the health district of Nanoro have been trained in AMR surveillance particularly in antibiotic prescription using WHO AWaRe guide and aseptically collection of blood samples for blood culture. In addition, HCWs attended a training on infection prevention and control including environmental cleaning, antiseptics and disinfectants management and hand hygiene in healthcare.

RAMAKOORT (DGD FA5)

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Clinical Sciences/Unit of Tropical Bacteriology, Antwerp, Belgium

January 01, 2021

January 31, 2026

Public Health and Epidemiology