Antibacterial susceptibility patterns of clinical isolates from throat infected patients attending the national ear care centre, Kaduna
Journal Title: Scientific Journal of Microbiology - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 8
Abstract
Throat infection has a tremendous impact on public health. It is one of the reasons for frequent visits to health care facilities. The present study was carried out to assess the antibacterial susceptibility patterns of the clinical isolates collected from throat infected patients attending the National Ear Care Centre, (NECC) Kaduna Nigeria. A total of one hundred (100) clinical isolates were aseptically collected. Out of the one hundred throat isolates obtained, 91(91%) isolates were Gram-positive including Streptococcus species (37%), α-haemolytic Streptococcus species (29%), and Staphylococcus species (25%). The remaining 9(9%) isolates were Gram-negative organisms: Klebsiella species (6%) and Neisseria species (3%).The antibiotic susceptibility test was carried out using disk diffusion method. Results revealed that Ciprofloxacin is the most effective antimicrobial agent against the isolates of Streptococcus species, α-haemolytic Streptococcus species, Staphylococcus species with 30%, 21% and 17% respectively of the isolates displaying high sensitivity, however majority of the isolates display low level of resistant to most commonly used antibiotics. It is therefore necessary to carry out active antibiotic susceptibility testing and surveillance in order to curtail the problems associated with antibiotic resistance.
Authors and Affiliations
M. Y. Aliyu*| Department of Applied Sciences College of Science and Technology, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, Nigeria., A. M. Aliyu| Department of Applied Sciences College of Science and Technology, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, Nigeria., M. Mamoon| Department of Applied Sciences College of Science and Technology, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, Nigeria.
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