Research Article
Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria on the Mobile Phones and Computer Keyboards of Healthcare University Students in Ghana
Table 4
Prevalence of multidrug resistance among different bacterial isolates.
| | Bacteria | No. of isolates | Multidrug-resistance patterns |
| | Staphylococcus aureus | 3 | AMP-CTX-CAZ-CIP-CHL-ERY-GEN-TET-RIF | | 2 | AMP-CTX-CIP-CHL-ERY-GEN-TET-RIF | | 2 | AMP-CTX-CIP-CHL-ERY-TET-RIF | | 1 | AMP-CIP-CHL-ERY-TET | | 1 | AMP-CIP-ERY-TET | | 3 | AMP-CIP-TET |
| | Klebsiella spp. | 3 | AMP-CTX-CAZ-CIP-CHL-GEN-TET | | 2 | AMP-CTX-CIP-CHL-GEN-TET | | 1 | AMP-CIP-CHL-TET | | 3 | AMP-CIP-TET |
| | Escherichia coli | 3 | AMP-CTX-CAZ-CIP-CHL-GEN-TET | | 1 | AMP-CTX-CHL-GEN-TET | | 1 | AMP-CHL-GEN-TET | | 5 | AMP-CHL-TET |
| | Enterobacter spp. | 1 | AMP-CTX-CIP-CHL-GEN-TET | | 1 | AMP-CHL-GEN-TET | | 1 | AMP-CHL-TET |
| | Enterobacter cloacae | 1 | AMP-CTX-CIP-CHL-GEN-TET | | 1 | AMP-CIP-CHL-GEN-TET | | 1 | AMP-CHL-TET |
| | Pseudomonas spp. | 2 | AMP-CTX-CAZ-CIP-CHL-GEN-TET | | 1 | AMP-CTX-CAZ-CHL-GEN-TET | | 1 | AMP-CHL-TET |
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AMP- ampicillin, CTX- cefotaxime, CAZ- ceftazidime, CIP- ciprofloxacin, CHL- chloramphenicol, ERY- erythromycin, GEN- gentamicin, TET- tetracycline, RIF- rifampicin.
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