Open AccessAntibiotic resistance profiling of clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica Serovar Paratyphi A in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Md. Shahadat Hossain,
Tasnim Jabin,
Md Ifrat Hossain,
Mst Arzina Khatun,
Md Hossain Emam,
Muhammad Asaduzzaman,
Md. Aftab Uddin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
stamford journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8846
pISSN - 2074-5346
DOI - 10.3329/sjm.v11i1.57146
Subject(s) - ciprofloxacin , nalidixic acid , microbiology and biotechnology , salmonella enterica , ceftazidime , serotype , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , antibiogram , levofloxacin , azithromycin , salmonella , biology , medicine , virology , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa , genetics
The study was conducted to detect the antibiotic resistance profile of the clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica Serovar Paratyphi A from 100 blood samples of patients from different age groups suspected to be suffering from enteric fever. The pure cultures of the bacterial isolates were collected from some renowned diagnostic centers of Dhaka and they were further characterized through the conventional culture, microscopy and biochemical examinations. These isolates were cross checked for the antibiogram profile by the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method against ten different types of antibiotics. Most of the isolates were found resistant against azithromycin (100%), nalidixic acid (100%) and ceftazidime (75%). However, isolates showed sensitivity to ciprofloxacin (95%), levofloxacin (97%), cotrimoxazole (96%) and chloramphenicol (95%). These findings highlight the need for continuous monitoring of the drug resistance pattern of S. enterica Serovar Paratyphi A for better public health management.Stamford Journal of Microbiology, Vol.11 (1) 2021: 14-16