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Occurrence of high level methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureusin patients from health facilities in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Bawonda, E O; Moses, A E; Etang, U E.
Ibom Medical Journal; 17 (1), 2024
Background:Methicillin resistant S. aureus(MRSA) has become a major public health predicament worldwide. This is owing to its involvement in the evolution of MDR strains and difficulty in therapeutic management of infected patients. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of methicillin re...
Staphylococcus aureus, Prevalence, Diagnosis, Therapeutics, Clindamycin, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Health Facilities
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Phenotypic Characterization and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of Coagulase Positive Staphylococci from The External Surfaces of Hospital Cockroaches (Periplaneta americana)

Adegoke, A A; Okon, M U; Monday, E.
African Journal of Biomedical Research; 24 (2), 2021
A study to phenotypically characterize and determine the antibiogram of coagulase positive Staphylococci (CoPS) from the external surfaces of hospital cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) was conducted using standard microbiological methods. Out of the 50 cockroaches collected from various hospitals in Uy...
Periplaneta, Staphylococcinum, Clindamycin, beta-Lactamases
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