Antibiotic susceptibility profile of Staphylococcus aureus from door handles in Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria
| Autor: | Owaku Grace, Oti Victor, Tsaku Paul, Ekeleme Kenneth, Anumnu Adaku, Anzaku Samuel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Veterinary medicine
medicine.drug_class business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Staphylococcus aureus Bacteria Door Handles Antibiotics Susceptibility Minimum inhibitory concentration Beta lactamase Antibiotics medicine.disease_cause Multiple drug resistance medicine Beta-lactamase Gentamicin business Beta lactam antibiotics medicine.drug |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.4307577 |
| Popis: | This study was carried out in order to determine the prevalence ofStaphylococcus aureuson door handles and the antibiotic susceptibility of the organism to some commonly used antibiotics in Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria. A total of 100 door samples were obtained, 20 each from the five faculties within the university’s main campus. These were cultured and identified using appropriate protocols. A total of 26(26.0%) isolates were identified asStaphylococcus aureus. Faculties of Administration and Arts jointly accounted for the highest prevalence with 40%. The antibiotics susceptibility test revealed that Gentamicin was the most effective of all the test antibiotics against theStaphylococcusaureusisolated. The multidrug resistantS. aureusisolates 12(46.2%) were observed to have produced beta lactamase enzymes implicated in beta lactam antibiotics resistance. Observation from this study showed that there is a high level of antibiotics abuse or misuse with resultant multidrug-resistantS. aureusisolates in the study area. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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