1 Department of Microbiology, Nasarawa State University, PMB 1022, Keffi, Nigeria.
2 Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Nasarawa State University, PMB 1022, Keffi, Nigeria.
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Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018, 02(02), 033–039.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2018.2.2.0062
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2018.2.2.0062
Received on 12 December 2017; revised on 22 December 2017; accepted on 08 January 2018.
This study was carried out in order to determine the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus on 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 as Staphylococcus 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 the Staphylococcus aureus isolated. The multidrug resistant S. aureus isolates 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-resistant S. aureus isolates in the study area.
Staphylococcus aureus; Bacteria; Door Handles; Antibiotics Susceptibility; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Beta lactamase
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Owaku Grace, Oti Victor, Ekeleme Kenneth, Anumnu Adaku and Anzaku Samuel. Antibiotic susceptibility profile of Staphylococcus aureus from door handles in Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria. GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018, 2(2), 033-039. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2018.2.2.0062