Bacterial Profile And Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern Of Isolates From Nails Of Students Of Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State
ABSTRACT
A total of 100 nail swabs were
collected from artificial and natural finger nails of both male and female
student of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike. The finger nails
were swabbed in two batches in the morning before lectures and later in the
evening after lectures of the same participants respectively and analyzed for
bacterial contamination. Antimicrobial susceptibility test was carried out on
all isolates. Proteus spp (5.06%), Kiebsiella spp (11.4) and Staphylococcus
aureus (10.1 %) were the most common bacteria isolated from artificial nails
while Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2.5%), Shigella spp (2.5%) was common bacterial
isolated from natural nails. Analysis of the antibiotic susceptibility pattern
of the bacterial isolates revealed that those from artificial fingernails were
resistant to a good number of the antibiotics used. Staphylococcus aureus
isolates were mostly resistant ' all the antibiotics except Ofloxacin. This
result indicated that finger nails was a possible reservoir of several
bacterial and could be implicated in the spread of multiple drug resistant
organisms.
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DIMEKE, C (2021). Bacterial Profile And Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern Of Isolates From Nails Of Students Of Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 16, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/bacterial-profile-and-antimicrobial-susceptibility-pattern-of-isolates-from-nails-of-students-of-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-abia-state-7-2
CHRISTIANA, DIMEKE. "Bacterial Profile And Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern Of Isolates From Nails Of Students Of Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 04 Aug. 2021, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/bacterial-profile-and-antimicrobial-susceptibility-pattern-of-isolates-from-nails-of-students-of-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-abia-state-7-2. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
CHRISTIANA, DIMEKE. "Bacterial Profile And Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern Of Isolates From Nails Of Students Of Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 04 Aug. 2021. Web. 16 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/bacterial-profile-and-antimicrobial-susceptibility-pattern-of-isolates-from-nails-of-students-of-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-abia-state-7-2 >.
CHRISTIANA, DIMEKE. "Bacterial Profile And Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern Of Isolates From Nails Of Students Of Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State" Mouau.afribary.org (2021). Accessed 16 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/bacterial-profile-and-antimicrobial-susceptibility-pattern-of-isolates-from-nails-of-students-of-michael-okpara-university-of-agriculture-umudike-abia-state-7-2