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Name | Isolation and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Staphylococcus Aureus obtained from Nasal Cavity from Hospitalized Patients. |
Description | Research article:- * OC Adekunle, OM Olatunji *Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Osogbo, Nigeria. P.O. Box 14066, U.I. Ibadan, Oyo State.
Abstract:-The study was carried out in Osogbo among hospitalized patients in order to determine the incidence of staphylococcus aureus and the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of organism. Specimen were isolated from the nasal cavities of hospitalized patients between ages 0 to 75years. One hundred and five samples were analyzed. Antibiotic susceptibility tests were performed. All the nasal swab samples were positive for staphylococcus species. The age group 16-31 years had highest carriage rates (35.2%). Forty six (46) were staphylococcus aureus while 59 were other staphycoccus species. All staphylococcus species were sensitive to pefloxacin. The isolation of staphycoccus species in all patients showed high endemicity of the organism in hospital environment. Also, pefloxacin can be used as drug of choice in the environment.
Key words :- Staphylococcus aureus, nasal cavity, hospitalized patients, antibiotic. |
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