Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of Staphylococcus species isolated from mobile phones and implications in the health sector.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

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.

Results

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.

SUBMITTER: Shiluli C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7788780 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature