Phenotypic Characterisation of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Patients in Healthcare Institutions in Zaria Metropolis, Kaduna State, Nigeria
West Afr. j. med
; 39(11): 1148-1155, 2022. tales, figures
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in English
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Staphylococcus aureus is a cosmopolitan and pathogenic microorganism associated with various diseases spectra and antimicrobial resistance of public health importance.Aim:
This study determined the phenotypic characteristics of S. aureus isolated from patients in healthcare institutions in Zaria metropolis.STUDYDESIGN:
A cross-sectional hospital-based study was carried out in 5 healthcare institutions. Four hundred and twenty clinical samples were collected and analyzed.RESULTS:
Majority of the patients (54.3%) were within the age range 2140 years and mean age of 26.04 ± 12 years. Approximately, 70% of the respondents had history of antibiotic use prior to consultation in the hospitals and wereselfprescribed, and 91.2% were outpatients. The most commonly abused antibiotics were ampicillin-cloxacillin (19.5%) and cotrimoxazole (10.0%), and the mean duration of their use was 3.5 ± 1.3 days. The detection rate for S. aureus was 10% and 5.2% for MRSA. The S. aureus isolates showed the highest frequency of resistance against ampicillin 42 (100%), followed by penicillin G 39 (92.9%) and least was to gentamicin 5 (11.9%). The frequency of resistance for the MRSA were ampicillin 22 (100%), penicillin G 21(95.5%) and least was to gentamicin 2 (9.1%). The minimum inhibitory concentrations of oxacillin were greater than 128 µg /ml.CONCLUSION:
The detection rate of S. aureus and MRSA strains are of great public health concern which requires continuous health education on rational use of antibiotics among others
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Main subject:
Phenotype
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Staphylococcus aureus
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
West Afr. j. med
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
6 Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Bayero University/NG
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Biotechnology Division, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, 930001/NG
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Department of Animal Health, College of Agriculture, PMB 1025, Jalingo/NG
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Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Kaduna State University, Kaduna/NG
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Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Basic and Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria/NG
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Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University/NG