Obiekezie S.O
Department of Microbiology, Nigeria State
Title: Isolation of coliform associate with diarrhoeal cases in Keffi. Nasawara state, Nigeria
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Abstract
Isolation of coliform bacteria associated with diarrhoeal in Keffi metropolis Nigeria was carried out. Fifty (50) samples of stool of diarrhoeal patients attending South Atlantic Petroleum Medical Centre (SAPMC), Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nagari Hospital, Keffi and Federal Medical Center, Keffi Nigeria were collected. The coliform bacteria were isolated from the samples and identified using standard microbiological method. Also the antibiotic susceptibility test for isolated coliform bacteria was carried out and interpreted using Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Method. Out of 50 samples of diarrhoeal specimens obtained, the isolation rate of coliform bacteria were; E. coli (100%), Salmonella spp (8%) and Enterobacters spp (14%). The E.coli isolates were more susceptible to streptomycin (68%), Gentamicin (62%) and amoxicillin (100%), Augmentin, Perfloxacin, Streptomycin, Septrin and Cholanphenicol (75.7%). Also, the Enterobacter spp were more susceptible to Gentamicin (100%), Sparfloxacin (71.4%), Streptomycin (100%), Chloramphenicol (85.7%), Ofloxacin (71.4%), and Septrin (71.4%) respectively. The coliform bacteria isolated from stool of diarrhoeal patient were more susceptible to both aminoglycoside (gentamicin and streptomycin) and some Flourquinolones (Ofloxacin and Perfloxacin) class of antibiotics tested.