Current trends of antibiotic resistance among human skin infections causing bacteria; a cross-sectional study
Abstract
Objectives: To determine the current status of skin infections causing bacteria and their pattern of resistance to widely used antibiotics among the physician referred patients in district Peshawar, Pakistan. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study of 164 pus samples from diseased patients, referred by physicians was done for a period from February 2020 to January 2021 at Department of Microbiology, Complex medical laboratory and Research center, Peshawar, Pakistan. Results: The bacterial growth were obtained in 88 pus samples. Among these isolated bacterial species Escherichia coli was the most prevalent pathogen, present in (46%), Staphylococcus aureus (39%), Proteus species (11%), Klebseilla species (2%) and Pseudomonas aerugenosa (2%), respectively. Among the tested antibiotics resistance wise E.coli was highly resistance to Ampicillin (92.5%), S. Aureus to Levofloxacin (91.1%), Proteus spp .to Doxycycline (90%), Klebsiella spp. to Meropenem (100%), Amoxicillin (100%) and P. aeruginosato Aztreonam (100%), Doxycycline (100%), respectively.Sensitivity wise E.coli was highly sensitive to Amikacin (90%), S. aureus to Meropenem (91.1%) and Doxycycline (91.1%),Proteus spp. to Meropenem (100%), Klebsiella spp. to Ciprofloxacin (100%), Cefotaxime (100%), Aztreonam (100%) and Doxycycline (100%), P. aeruginosa to Amikacin (100%), Meropenem(100%), Ciprofloxacin (100%), Gentamicin (100%), Cefotaxime (100%), Ceftriaxone (100%), Ampicillin (100%) and Cefotaxime (100%),…
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