Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria
Introduction: Superbugs are pathogenic microorganism and especially a bacterium that has developed resistance to the medications normally used against it. As the superbug family increases, the need for appropriate diagnostic, treatment, prevention and control strategies cannot be over emphasized. Th...
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| author | Alkali, Bashir Garba, Iliyasu Adamu, Almustapha Aliero Abdurrazak, Kibiya Muhammad, Hassan Abubakar Ibrahim, Ntulume Faruku, Sarkinfada Ezera, Agwu |
| author_facet | Alkali, Bashir Garba, Iliyasu Adamu, Almustapha Aliero Abdurrazak, Kibiya Muhammad, Hassan Abubakar Ibrahim, Ntulume Faruku, Sarkinfada Ezera, Agwu |
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| description | Introduction: Superbugs are pathogenic microorganism and especially a bacterium that has developed resistance to the medications normally used against it. As the superbug family increases, the need for appropriate diagnostic, treatment, prevention and control strategies cannot be over emphasized. Therefore, this work determined the distribution of superbug bacteria among patients on prolonged hospital admissions in three tertiary hospitals of Kano state, Nigeria. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was undertaken among 401 patients from medical, surgery, orthopedic and burn Centre wards in a three tertiary hospitals in Kano state. A sample collected comprises wound/pus, urine, urine catheter and nasal intubation and were analysed using standard microbiological methods for Acinetobacter spp and other related nosocomial bacterial pathogens. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was done using Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. Results: One hundred and thirty eight (138) isolates were recovered, from the studied participants. More than 80% of the nosocomial infections (Nis) were caused by Gram-negative bacteria, predominantly Escherichia coli, Klebseilla spp, Proteus spp, Pseudomona spp, and Acinetobacter spp. In-vitro antibiotic susceptibility test revealed that Acinetobacter were 100% resistant to Amoxicillin, Co-trimoxazole, Perfloxacin and Imipenem. Conclusion: The results of this study reported higher antibiotic resistant among Acinetobacter spp isolated from three studied hospitals. The healthcare manage of the these hospitals and ministry health need to take measures against this resistant bacteria (Acinetobacter spp) especially on prescribing antibiotics that showed 100% resistant from these studied hospitals. |
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| spelling | oai:idr.kab.ac.ug:20.500.12493-1522024-01-17T04:46:09Z Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria Alkali, Bashir Garba, Iliyasu Adamu, Almustapha Aliero Abdurrazak, Kibiya Muhammad, Hassan Abubakar Ibrahim, Ntulume Faruku, Sarkinfada Ezera, Agwu Superbugs, Prolonged admission, tertiary hospitals and Kano Introduction: Superbugs are pathogenic microorganism and especially a bacterium that has developed resistance to the medications normally used against it. As the superbug family increases, the need for appropriate diagnostic, treatment, prevention and control strategies cannot be over emphasized. Therefore, this work determined the distribution of superbug bacteria among patients on prolonged hospital admissions in three tertiary hospitals of Kano state, Nigeria. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was undertaken among 401 patients from medical, surgery, orthopedic and burn Centre wards in a three tertiary hospitals in Kano state. A sample collected comprises wound/pus, urine, urine catheter and nasal intubation and were analysed using standard microbiological methods for Acinetobacter spp and other related nosocomial bacterial pathogens. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was done using Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. Results: One hundred and thirty eight (138) isolates were recovered, from the studied participants. More than 80% of the nosocomial infections (Nis) were caused by Gram-negative bacteria, predominantly Escherichia coli, Klebseilla spp, Proteus spp, Pseudomona spp, and Acinetobacter spp. In-vitro antibiotic susceptibility test revealed that Acinetobacter were 100% resistant to Amoxicillin, Co-trimoxazole, Perfloxacin and Imipenem. Conclusion: The results of this study reported higher antibiotic resistant among Acinetobacter spp isolated from three studied hospitals. The healthcare manage of the these hospitals and ministry health need to take measures against this resistant bacteria (Acinetobacter spp) especially on prescribing antibiotics that showed 100% resistant from these studied hospitals. Kabale University 2019-05-29T13:08:36Z 2019-05-29T13:08:36Z 2019 Article © Alkali Bashir et al. The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/152 application/pdf The Pan African Medical Journal. |
| spellingShingle | Superbugs, Prolonged admission, tertiary hospitals and Kano Alkali, Bashir Garba, Iliyasu Adamu, Almustapha Aliero Abdurrazak, Kibiya Muhammad, Hassan Abubakar Ibrahim, Ntulume Faruku, Sarkinfada Ezera, Agwu Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria |
| title | Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | superbugs related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals kano state nigeria |
| topic | Superbugs, Prolonged admission, tertiary hospitals and Kano |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/152 |
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