Open AccessMobile Phones: A Possible Vehicle of Bacterial Transmission in a Higher Learning Institution in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Nur ‘Ain Hikmah,
Tengku Shahrul Anuar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the malaysian journal of medical sciences/the malaysian journal of medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2180-4303
pISSN - 1394-195X
DOI - 10.21315/mjms2020.27.2.15
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , proteus vulgaris , pathogenic bacteria , coagulase , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , veterinary medicine , biology , staphylococcus , bacteria , genetics
Mobile phones (MPs) have become one of the most indispensable accessories in social and professional life. Though they offer plenty of benefits, MPs are prolific breeding grounds for infectious pathogens in communities. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of bacterial contamination and determine antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus ( S. aureus ) from MPs.