PREVALENCE OF DRUG-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN NASAL SWABS ISOLATED FROM STUDENTS OF CALEB UNIVERSITY

Staphylococcus spp are gram positive cocci that belong to the family micrococcacae. It is an organism. Thus is found everywhere, Staphylococcus aureus is a well-known organism that is becoming resistant to the most commonly used antibiotics, MRSA is an organism that is a threat to human and the community. The nasal cavity is a large nasal passage used for inhaling air from the nostril into the body. This study was done to determine the prevalence of nasal isolates from students of Caleb University, identify Staphylococcus aureus isolates and to determine the antibiotics susceptibility pattern of the isolates to examined prevalence of drug resistant
Staphylococcus aureus in the nasal swabs isolates from students of Caleb University. 100 nasal swab samples were collected from 25 male and 25 female students respectively 50 nasal swab sample each from the male and female students. Cultural and biochemical tests were carried out on nasal swabs and the antimicrobial susceptibility testing was done using disc diffusion method. Multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus was found, the antibiotics with demonstrated multidrug resistance were amoxillin-clavalanate, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, cefoxitin, imipenum,
tetracycline, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, gentamacin. The nose can serve as a means of transmitting bacterial infection, because it is depository for microorganism. After the use of toilet alcohol based hand sanitizer should be used before Deeping the hand in the nose.