Antibiotic susceptibility of microorganisms at a general hospital in Lagos, Nigeria.
OBJECTIVE
To determine susceptibility patterns of microorganisms to antibiotics in a large general hospital in Lagos, Nigeria.


METHODS
Clinical samples received in the laboratory were processed according to standard methods. Susceptibility to antibiotics was done using a disk diffusion technique.


RESULTS
Five hundred and fifty-one samples from urine, wound, reproductive tract and other body fluids were analysed. The most frequently isolated pathogens (n=586) were Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Most of the organisms were sensitive to ciprofloxacin, perfloxacin, cefuroxime, ceftriaxone and azithromycin but were resistant to ampicillin, cotrimoxazole and penicillin. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was multi-resistant. The susceptibility pattern obtained at this hospital is similar to what obtains in teaching hospitals in Nigeria.


CONCLUSIONS
Microorganisms isolated at this hospital are more sensitive to newer antibiotics.
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Department of Community Health & Primary Care, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Nigeria. olumuyiwa88@hotmail.com
D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009549:Nigeria
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents