Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of Staphylococcus species isolated from mobile phones and implications in the health sector.
Drug-resistant bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria
Staphylococcus species
Journal
BMC research notes
ISSN: 1756-0500
Titre abrégé: BMC Res Notes
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101462768
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 Jan 2021
06 Jan 2021
Historique:
received:
27
10
2020
accepted:
03
12
2020
entrez:
7
1
2021
pubmed:
8
1
2021
medline:
15
5
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The aim of this research was to determine drug sensitivity profiles of Staphylococcus species isolated from mobile phones of students in Microbiology and Biomedical Laboratory Sciences from UZIMA University, Kisumu (Kenya) and the University Colleges Leuven-Limburg, Leuven (Belgium), respectively. All mobile phones (16/16, 100%) had gram-positive bacteria. 3/8 (37.5%) mobile devices had Staphylococcus aureus. 2/3 (67%) Staphylococcus aureus strains were resistant to ampicillin, oxacillin, ceftazidime, vancomycin and amoxicillin. Guidelines for disinfection of mobile phones need to be developed urgently to stop transmission of resistant bacteria.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33407799
doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05413-7
pii: 10.1186/s13104-020-05413-7
pmc: PMC7788780
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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