Poor quality antibiotics, source of antimicrobial resistance in Ghana – Microbiologist reveals  

Professor Christian Agyare, a pharmaceutical microbiologist, says poor quality antibiotics on the market are suspected as one of the major causes of antimicrobial resistance in Ghana. Quoting from various studies and research were undertaken by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) College of Health Sciences and other scientists over the last decade, he said a biological assay on penicillins on some selected Ghanaian markets revealed a higher minimum inhibitor .