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Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 2 (4),
112-116, April 2007
ISSN 1992-2248
© 2007 Academic Journals
Full Length
Research Paper
Urinary tract infection in Okada village:
Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern
Nwanze, P.
I.1, Nwaru, L. M.2*,
Oranusi, S.1,
dimkpa, U.5,
Okwu, M. U.1, Babatunde, B. B.1, Anake, T. A.3,
Jatto, W.1 and Asagwara, C. E.4
1Department
of Biological Sciences, College
of Natural and Applied Sciences, Igbinedion University, Okada, P.M.B.
0006, Edo State, Nigeria.
2Department
of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Science, Igbinedion
University, Okada, Edo State, Nigeria.
3Department
of Mathematics, College of Science and Technology, Covenant University,
Canaanland, Ota Ogun State, Nigeria
4General
Outpatient Department, Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital, Okada Edo
State, Nigeria
5Department
of Physiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Igbinedion University,
Okada, Edo State, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
stonenwanze@yahoo.com.
Accepted 11
April, 2007 |
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The antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of bacterial isolates from suspected
urinary tract infection (UTI) patients at Igbinedion University Teaching
Hospital was carried out from November 2004 to November 2005 using the
disc diffusion method. The subjects were made up of 330 (60%) males and
220 (40%) females. The commonest isolates were Escherichia coli (51.2%),
Staphylococcus aureus (27.3%), and Klebsiella pneumoniae (12.8%)
respectively. Both methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and methicillin sensitive
(MSSA) S. aureus were isolated in the study. The isolates were highly
sensitive to ofloxacin but low to moderately sensitive to gentimicin,
tobramycin, nalidixic acid, ciprofloxacin, tetracycline, nitrofurantoin,
and cefuroxine. The MSSA isolates were highly sensitive to ciprofloxaxin
and ofloxacin while the MRSA were sensitive to ofloxacin. In addition, the
isolates showed multi-drug resistance.
Key words:
Bacterial resistance,
b-lactamases,
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), methicillin sensitive
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