Staphylococcus aureus isolated from septic caesaerean wound at Ile Ife Nigeria: Antibiotics susceptibility patterns

摘要

  Strains of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from a 36-year old woman presented with septic caesaerean wound. The isolates were Gram positive, catalase positive, coagulase positive; heamolysed blood plasma and liquefied gelatin. However, they were methyl red and Voges Proskaur test negative and fermented sugars with acid production. They produced gas only in glucose and lactose. Some of the strains were susceptible to cephalexin, (a first generational cephalosporin), clindamycin (lincosamides), septrin (sulphanamide and trimethoprin), norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin (fluroquinolones) at varying degrees. All the strains were resistant to gentamycin and totally susceptible to drovid. This resistance to antibiotics might have arisen as a result of antibiotics prophylaxis prior to surgery, cross contamination of the wound surface during post surgical wound dressing or from health care personnels.