Shaker, G., El-Ganiny, A., Aboelazm, A., El-Dash, H. (2016). Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria isolated from children infected eyes in Benha University hospital. test, 25(2), 98-104. doi: 10.21608/zjps.2016.38185
Ghada Shaker; Amira El-Ganiny; Abeer Aboelazm; Heba El-Dash. "Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria isolated from children infected eyes in Benha University hospital". test, 25, 2, 2016, 98-104. doi: 10.21608/zjps.2016.38185
Shaker, G., El-Ganiny, A., Aboelazm, A., El-Dash, H. (2016). 'Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria isolated from children infected eyes in Benha University hospital', test, 25(2), pp. 98-104. doi: 10.21608/zjps.2016.38185
Shaker, G., El-Ganiny, A., Aboelazm, A., El-Dash, H. Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria isolated from children infected eyes in Benha University hospital. test, 2016; 25(2): 98-104. doi: 10.21608/zjps.2016.38185

Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria isolated from children infected eyes in Benha University hospital

Zagazig Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Article 3, Volume 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 98-104    PDF (438.91 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/zjps.2016.38185
Authors
Ghada Shaker1; Amira El-Ganiny1; Abeer Aboelazm2; Heba El-Dash* 1
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
2Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.
Abstract
The aim of current study is to characterize bacteria isolated from eye infections and evaluate the effectiveness of some antimicrobials found in eye drops in the Egyptian Market. Clinical bacterial isolates were recovered from patients having conjunctivitis from Benha University Hospital and identified using standard microbiological techniques. Antimicrobial susceptibility of these isolates against various antimicrobials was tested by the disc diffusion method.
A total of eighty one bacterial isolates were identified in this study, 30 Gram positive isolates and 51 Gram negative isolates. The major bacterial isolates were Pseudomonas aeruginosa (37%) and Staphylococcus spp. (37%). All the isolates were susceptible to fluroquinolones, and almost all of them were susceptible to aminoglycoside antibiotics. While 75 isolates were susceptible to tetracycline and 71 isolates were susceptible to chloramphenicol. High resistance rates were observed for both bacitracin (45.7%) and fusidic acid (60.4%). Seven isolates were multidrug resistant (MDR).
This study demonstrated that isolates from infected eye were highly sensitive to fluroquinolones and aminoglycosides. This study recommends that antimicrobial susceptibility should be performed for bacteria isolated
Keywords
eye infections; Staphylococcus spp; Pseudomonas; Antimicrobial resistance
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