Prevalence of Staphylococcus Species from Clinical Samples Obtained from Some Hospitals on Kano Metropolis, Nigeria | Biomedgrid

The study was aimed to determine prevalence of Staphylococcus species among patients attending some hospitals in Kano, Northern Nigeria. Three hundred (300) samples from ear swab, high vaginal swab (HVS), wound swab and urine were collected from patients (133 males and 167 females) attending the Hospitals over a period of eight months (October, 2016 to May, 2017). The samples collected inoculated onto the surface of freshly prepared Nutrient agar for colony formation and isolation. Each colony was isolated in a pure form by sub culturing for further studies and identification. The result showed that the distribution of Staphylococcus aureus and other Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus in the clinical samples for the three hospitals, S. aureus was isolated most from wound swab with 51 isolates (33.33%) followed by ear swab with 46 isolates (30.07%) and then H.V.S and urine with 28 isolates accounted for (18.30%) each. CoNS was isolated most from urine sample with 11 isolates (36.67%) followed by H.V.S with 9 isolates (30.00%) then ear swab with 8 isolates (29.51) and wound swab, 2 isolates accounted for (6.67%). Statistical analysis of the result showed significant difference in the prevalence of Staphylococcus species among the samples examined at p<0.05. Staphylococci are one of the etiologic agents of infectious diseases.