Incidence of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae among Patients attending Selected Hospitals in Minna, Nigeria

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by infection with the Neisseria gonorrhoeae bacterium. This work was carried out from April to June, 2022 to determine the incidence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae among patients attending some selected Hospitals in Minna, Niger State. One hundred and twenty (120) samples collected, which includes, high vaginal swabs,81 (67.50%) , endo cervical swabs 16 (13.33%) from female patients and urethral swab, 23(19.17%) from male patients. The samples were cultured on chocolate agar modified with antibiotics. Isolation and identification of the organisms were done by standard bacteriological procedure. Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of the isolates were determined by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method on Muller Hinton agar. Neisseria gonorrhoeaewas not isolated out of the 39 isolates obtained in the study as follows; Escherichia coli 13(33.3%), Staphylococcus aureus 12(30.8%), Streptococcus sp 3(7.7%) Klebsiella sp. 2(5.1%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa 9(23.1%). The antibiotics susceptibility testing revealed E. coli were sensitive to ciprofloxacin, septrin, and pefloxacin. Apart from E. coli, other isolates sensitive to these antibiotics includes, Streptococcus sp., Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella sp. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus sp. were 100% resistant to amoxicillin, chloramphenicol, rifampin, augmentin and gentamicin. Twenty-three (23) (19.17%) positive cases of genitourinary tract infection were male, while female patients had 97(80.83%). During this research, middle aged patient from 25-30 (30.80%) and 20-24 (25.60%) were found to possess the highest prevalence of genitourinary tract infection. The findings of this study indicated that E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus were the most prevalent isolates responsible for genitourinary tract infection due to the possession of some virulent associated features which helps them to attach to the genital tract. Proper measures should be taken to prevent further spread of this infection most especially in women and children.