Biology and Medicine

Kassu Desta

Publications

• Research Article
  Bacterial Profile and their Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns from Body Fluids at Tikur Anbesa Specialized Hopital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Firehiwot Teklehymanot, Melese Hailu Legese and Kassu DestaFirehiwot Teklehymanot, Melese Hailu Legese and Kassu Desta
  
  Background: Infections caused by multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria remain a public health threat for patients and health care workers. There are scarcity of data on bacterial profiles and their drug susceptibility patterns from body fluids in Ethiopia. Hence, this study aimed at assessing bacterial profiles and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns (AST) from body fluids at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from July 2015 to March 2016 by recruiting 384 study participants. Different body fluids were collected and cultured on Blood agar, MacConkey agar and chocolate agar then incubated aerobically and micro-aerobically. Moreover, gram staining, acid-fast staining (AFB) and White blood cell count (WBC) were performed for all collected body fluids sample. Bacterial identification was made using colony m.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/0974-8369.1000408

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