Friday, 23 June 2017

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Orthopaedic Patients in Abuth, Zaria

Staphylococcus aureus
As Staphylococcus aureus remain the predominant microbial flora of the human respiratory tract and skin; it also account for the most human integumental infections and life-threatening systemic diseases especially in orthopaedic surgical site infections (SSIs).

This study evaluates the antibiotics susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from orthopaedic patients to various antimicrobial agents used in the treatment of surgical sites infection in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, Nigeria.

A total of 100 clinical swab samples of surgical sites were collected from orthopaedic patients in ABUTH, Zaria, Nigeria out of which 39 were identified as Staphylococcus aureus using API STAPH identification kit.

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