Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen and is the most frequent cause of hospital acquired infection. A total sample of 310 was collected for this work; the pathogen was isolated from hands of some healthcare workers/nurses, operation tables, door knobs/door handles, nurses’ table tops, bedrails, stretchers, floors, toilets seats, cupboards, and sinks. The total percentage prevalence of the pathogen in Major Ibrahim B. Abdullahi memorial hospital was 16.8% and 20.7% from St. Luke’s Anglican hospital. Kirby-Bauer-NCCLS modified single disc diffusion technique was used to determine the antibiogram profile of the pathogen at 0.5 scale MacFarland’s standard (1.5 × 10⁸ cells/ml). The isolates from the two hospitals were 100% susceptible to vancomycin and 95.7% and 92.6% from Major Ibrahim B. Abdullahi memorial hospital and St Luke’s Anlgican hospital respectively were resistant to Ampicillin.

Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, antibiogram profile, pathogen, sensitive, resistant.