Determinants of Empirical Antibiotics Candidates for Ear, Nose and Throat Infections in a West African Tertiary Hospital
1 Department of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
2 Department of Animal Production and Health, Federal University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2240 Abeokuta, Nigeria.
3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author: oluayo4me@yahoo.com
2 Department of Animal Production and Health, Federal University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2240 Abeokuta, Nigeria.
3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author: oluayo4me@yahoo.com
Abstract
50 participants. A total of 17 different bacterial species were identified from 192 bacteria isolated and 113 (58.9%) bacterial isolates were cultured. Staphylococcus species 62 (32.3%) especially Staphylococcus aureus (21.1%) and Proteus mirabilis 29 (15.1%) were the most prevalent Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria respectively. The isolates were more susceptible to vancomycin, meropenem, ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin, and most resistant to tetracycline, cotrimoxazole, cefuroxime, augmentin and ceftazidime. Meropenem, vancomycin and ofloxacin are the most active antibiotics for effective treatment of Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus spp. who has been identified as the most common bacteria cultured from ENT infectious samples in our region
Keywords
Ear
Nose
and Throat; Bacterial infection; Antibiotic susceptibility; Empirical Antibiotics
How to Cite
R, A. O., A, A. A., O, A. S., & O, O. A. (2024). Determinants of Empirical Antibiotics Candidates for Ear, Nose and Throat Infections in a West African Tertiary Hospital. Nigerian Journal of Microbiology, 38(1), 7023-7031.
A. O. R, A. A. A, A. S. O, and O. A. O, "Determinants of Empirical Antibiotics Candidates for Ear, Nose and Throat Infections in a West African Tertiary Hospital," Nigerian Journal of Microbiology, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 7023-7031, June 2024.
