Antimicrobial resistant profile of XXXX isolated from the nasopharynx of secondary school students in Jos, Nigeria.

@entity66 @entity114 @entity2260 @entity2929 @entity2177 @entity328
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial resistance in @entity328 has compromised the effectiveness of therapy for @entity66 and asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriers play an important role in transmission of resistant strains. METHOD: Eighty-eight volunteer students attending 2 secondary schools in Jos, Nigeria were involved in this study to determine the antimicrobial resistant profile of @entity328 isolated from the nasopharynx. The study population consisted of males and females between the ages of 15-25 years. Nasopharyngeal swab samples were analyzed for the presence of @entity2260 using standard bacteriological methods. The isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing using the disc diffusion method. RESULTS: @entity2260 was isolated from 37 (42.04%) of the 88 samples. Isolates showed the highest resistance of 12 (32.43%) to @entity2929 and lowest resistance of 4 (10.81%) to @entity2177 . The resistance profiles for the 26 (70.27%) @entity114 -sensitive and 11 (29.72%) @entity114 -resistant isolates were similar. Both exhibited varying degrees of resistance to several groups of antimicrobials. However, isolates found to be resistant to @entity114 showed a higher degree of resistance to other antimicrobial agents. CONCLUSION: This study has shown that some secondary school students are carriers of multiple antibiotic-resistant @entity2260 .
