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Objective: To study the bacteria etiological agents of respiratory tract infection among 280\udschool children in South East Nigeria, and to determine their antimicrobial resistance patterns\udto a panel of ten antibiotics. Methods: Throat swabs (280) were collected from students in four\udboarding schools located in Enugu and Onitsha metropolis. Standard microbiological procedures\udwere used to screen these swabs to determine the prevalence of respiratory pathogens while the\uddisc diffusion test was used to determine the antimicrobial resistance patterns of the recovered\udisolates. Results: Of the 280 samples screened, 57.1% were positive. Haemophilus influenzae was\udthe most prevalent (16.1%), followed by Streptococcus pyogenes (13.9%), Klebsiella pneumoniae\ud(12.5%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (6.8%), Staphylococcus aureus (5.4%) and Corynebacterium\uddiphtheriae (2.5%). More isolates were recovered in the two male schools investigated. However,\udthere was no significant difference in the overall prevalence of isolates according to sex or school\udlocation of the subjects. Greater number of isolates (56%) was recovered from those aged 11-14\udyears. This was statistically significant (P<0.05), compared to the other two age groups (15-18\udyears and 19-23 years). The pattern of resistance varied according to the bacteria species. There\udwere multi-resistant isolates. Since these students stand the risk of contracting respiratory tract\udinfection particularly from reservoirs among them, there is need to increase surveillance and\uddevelop better strategies to curb the increasing prevalence of respiratory tract infection in this\udand other similar regions of Africa. Conclusions: The spectrum of bacteria causing respiratory\udtract infection is still wide in Nigeria. Many isolates showed appreciable levels of antibiotic\udresistance apparently due to antibiotic abuse. Development of new strategies to curb this\udincreasing prevalence of respiratory tract infection is warranted

Bacteria etiological agents causing respiratory tract infections in children and their resistance patterns to a panel of ten antibiotics