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Nwachi Idume Ogbonna
Department of Education, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria, FCT-Abuja, Nigeria
Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Health Professions Immunology & microbiology Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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Profile of antibiotic susceptibility test of bacterial pathogens isolated from the hands of university students in Nigeria John Cletus Ihongbe; Salter Oluseun Aramide Adeyemo; Seyi Samson Enitan; Michael Olugbamila Dada; Oluchi Gladys Ofem; Effiong Effiong Joseph; Chinenye Alaezi Okorochi; Nwachi Idume Ogbonna
Trends in Infection and Global Health Vol 2, No 2 (2022): December 2022
Publisher : School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24815/tigh.v2i2.29972

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The aim of this study was to assess bacterial contaminants isolated from hands of undergraduate students of Babcock University, Nigeria. A total number of 200 students (100 males and 100 females) were randomly recruited and hand swabs were collected and inoculated on MacConkey and chocolate Agar. The biochemical tests were conducted to identify the bacterial isolates and antibiotic susceptibility testing was carried out using the disc diffusion method. Out of the 200 participants examined, bacterial contaminants were recovered from 154 (77.0%). The most frequently isolated organisms were Staphylococcus aureus (32.5%), followed by Escherichia coli (26.6%), coagulase negative Staphylococcus (20.8%) and then Klebsiella pneumoniae(20.1%). The antibiotic sensitivity showed that all coagulase negative Staphylococcus isolates were sensitive to ceftriaxone, levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, imipenem, ofloxacin and azithromycin, but less sensitive to cefuroxime (50.0%) and amoxicillin (60.0%). S. aureus was sensitive to levofloxacin, ofloxacin, gentamycin and azithromycin while for Gram negative bacteria, E. coli was 100% sensitive to levofloxacin, imipenem, cefuroxime, ofloxacin, and ampiclox, but less sensitive to amoxicillin (20.0%). Klebsiella pneumoniae was sensitive to ceftriaxone and gentamycin, 100% and 90.0%, respectively, but less sensitive to amoxicillin (20.0%). In conclusion, some bacteria exist on the hands of undergraduate students of Babcock Students with varied antibiotic susceptibility patterns and therefore institutional implementation of hand hygiene practices should be implement among students in the university.  
Prevalence of shigellosis and associated risk factors among undergraduate students of a private university in Ogun State, Nigeria Seyi Samson Enitan; Joan Odigie; Oluyemisi Ajike Adekunbi; Okondu Ogechukwu Emmanuel; Nwachi Idume Ogbonna; Tsague Metago Claudette Laura; Chukwudi Amaechi Ofodile; Grace Eleojo Itodo; Marcel Edafetanure-Ibeh; Abiodun Oluwasegun Adetola
Trends in Infection and Global Health Vol 1, No 1 (2021): June 2021
Publisher : School of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24815/tigh.v1i1.22422

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This cross-sectional, institutional-based study aimed to determine the prevalence of shigellosis and associated risk factors among Babcock University students in Ogun State, Nigeria. One hundred and twenty (120) undergraduate students, 80 females and 40 males, were asked to provide stool specimen in a sterile leak-proof single-use universal bottle with a screw-capped lid. Standard microbiological techniques were used to analyse the stool samples. A questionnaire was designed to collect demographic and clinical information from participants. The data obtained were statistically analysed using the SPSS Statistics software (version 18.0). The study showed that there was no occurrence of shigellosis among the study participants (0%), but other enteric pathogens infection were present in all participants (100%). The three most common mono-infections found among the study participants included Staphylococcus aureus (40%), followed by Escherichia coli (16.7%), and Salmonella typhi and Bacillus spp. (3.3%, each). While the most common prevalence of dual-infections included Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli (33.3%), followed by Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhi (3.3%). The proportion of participants who were asymptomatic (66.7%) was significantly higher than the symptomatic ones (33.3%). Identified risk factors of non-Shigella enteric infection included consumption of beef, vegetables, fruits, poultry/poultry products, as well as street foods, poor hand hygiene before eating, anal cleaning, and poor hand hygiene after toileting. Although shigellosis did not exist among undergraduate students of Babcock University, this study highlighted the existence of other enteric infections among the study participants. Therefore, the necessary preventive measures should be ensured and sustained.
Co-Authors Abiodun Oluwasegun Adetola Chinenye Alaezi Okorochi Chukwudi Amaechi Ofodile Effiong Effiong Joseph Grace Eleojo Itodo Joan Odigie John Cletus Ihongbe Marcel Edafetanure-Ibeh Michael Olugbamila Dada Okondu Ogechukwu Emmanuel Oluchi Gladys Ofem Oluyemisi Ajike Adekunbi Salter Oluseun Aramide Adeyemo Seyi Samson Enitan Tsague Metago Claudette Laura