Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial strains isolated from Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica in Tangier, Morocco
Background: Flies and cockroaches are two insects in close contact with human beings. They are carriers of human pathogenic bacteria on the external areas of their bodies or in their digestive tracts. This study examines Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica collected from the residential area...
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Background: Flies and cockroaches are two insects in close contact with human beings. They are carriers of human pathogenic bacteria on the external areas of their bodies or in their digestive tracts. This study examines Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica collected from the residential areas of six districts in Tangier, Morocco.
Methodology: In total, 251 bacteria were isolated from external areas of the participants' bodies and the antimicrobial susceptibility was calculated.
Results: The predominant bacterial species included Escherichia coli (17.9%), Klebsiella spp. (14.7%), Providencia spp. (9.6%), Staphylococcus spp. (15.1%) and Enterococcus spp. (11.6%). The study showed no difference between the species of bacterial strains from American cockroaches and houseflies. Carbapenems and aminoglycosides were active against 100% of the Gram-negative bacilli isolated in this study. Staphylococcus spp. strains were susceptible to linezolid, vancomycin, daptomycin, levofloxacin and cotrimoxazole, and no antibiotic resistance was found in Enterococcus spp.
Conclusions: In our setting, although both cockroaches and flies collected from residential areas may be vectors of human pathogenic bacteria, the infections caused by them are easily treatable as a result of the high susceptibility of their bacteria to antibiotics routinely used in the community or in hospitals.
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| spelling | doaj-art-74f651928f10463fa117a67c64a6a2552025-08-20T03:48:58ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802010-02-0140410.3855/jidc.336Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial strains isolated from Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica in Tangier, MoroccoLamiaa Bouamamaa0Antonio Sorlozano1Amin Laglaoui2Mariam Lebbadi3Ahmed Aarab4José Gutierrez5Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, TangierLaboratory of Microbiology. Faculty of Medicine. University of GranadaDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, TangierDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, TangierDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, TangierLaboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine. Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, University of Granada Background: Flies and cockroaches are two insects in close contact with human beings. They are carriers of human pathogenic bacteria on the external areas of their bodies or in their digestive tracts. This study examines Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica collected from the residential areas of six districts in Tangier, Morocco. Methodology: In total, 251 bacteria were isolated from external areas of the participants' bodies and the antimicrobial susceptibility was calculated. Results: The predominant bacterial species included Escherichia coli (17.9%), Klebsiella spp. (14.7%), Providencia spp. (9.6%), Staphylococcus spp. (15.1%) and Enterococcus spp. (11.6%). The study showed no difference between the species of bacterial strains from American cockroaches and houseflies. Carbapenems and aminoglycosides were active against 100% of the Gram-negative bacilli isolated in this study. Staphylococcus spp. strains were susceptible to linezolid, vancomycin, daptomycin, levofloxacin and cotrimoxazole, and no antibiotic resistance was found in Enterococcus spp. Conclusions: In our setting, although both cockroaches and flies collected from residential areas may be vectors of human pathogenic bacteria, the infections caused by them are easily treatable as a result of the high susceptibility of their bacteria to antibiotics routinely used in the community or in hospitals. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/336Periplaneta americanaMusca domesticabacteriaantimicrobial resistance |
| spellingShingle | Lamiaa Bouamamaa Antonio Sorlozano Amin Laglaoui Mariam Lebbadi Ahmed Aarab José Gutierrez Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial strains isolated from Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica in Tangier, Morocco Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Periplaneta americana Musca domestica bacteria antimicrobial resistance |
| title | Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial strains isolated from Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica in Tangier, Morocco |
| title_full | Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial strains isolated from Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica in Tangier, Morocco |
| title_fullStr | Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial strains isolated from Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica in Tangier, Morocco |
| title_full_unstemmed | Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial strains isolated from Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica in Tangier, Morocco |
| title_short | Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial strains isolated from Periplaneta americana and Musca domestica in Tangier, Morocco |
| title_sort | antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial strains isolated from periplaneta americana and musca domestica in tangier morocco |
| topic | Periplaneta americana Musca domestica bacteria antimicrobial resistance |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/336 |
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