Bloodstream infections in a rural hospital in Sierra Leone: a retrospective database study

Background. The health system in Sierra Leone has limited infrastructure to provide data on the epidemiology of infectious diseases and to inform clinical decision-making. The diagnostic and research laboratory capacity at Masanga Teaching Hospital was systematically expanded with microbiology infrastructure-building as one of the centrepieces.Objective. This study aims to report the spectrum of bacterial pathogens from bloodstream infections (BSIs) in a rural hospital in Sierra Leone during the...