Bacteriological Profiles of Multidrug Resistance Bacteria Isolated from Skin and Soft Tissue Infections

Abstract

In present study thirty one of bacterial isolates were isolated from twenty six samples collected from different patients suffered with skin infections. The bacteria isolated on culture media (Mannitol salt agar, MacConkey agar and blood agar), identified and determined the antibiotic resistance by vitek 2 system. The results showed that most frequent infection were impetigo, boil and chronic folliculitis 5(19%) at age group (2-17), (18-55) and (18-38) years respectively. According to the gender the infections were more in females 15(57.6%) than males 11(42.3%), of all those infections, impetigo and boil were more common in females 4(15%), while skin cancer and chronic folliculitis were more common in males 3(12%). The results of bacterial isolation showed that 26 (83.87%) of isolates were Gram positive bacteria while 5(16.13%) were Gram negative, The high frequent genus in identified by Vitek 2 system was Staphylococcus sp. followed by Acinatobacter sp., Aeromonas sp., and Sphingomonas sp., the most dominant species was staphylococcus aureus 11 (35.5%) followed by Staphylococcus. epidermidis 8(25.8%). The results of antibiotic resistance to (48) antibiotics from different groups revealed that out of (31) isolates (23) were multi-drug resistance bacteria, the more resistance isolates were Staphylococcus aureus (R3) was resist to (12) classes of antibiotics followed by Staphylococcus hominis (R16) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (R18) (9) classes. There has been a concerning rise in the antibiotic-resistant pattern of skin infection-causing Staphylococcus aureus. These days, it is imperative to utilize antibiotics wisely and to put antimicrobial stewardship into practice.