The incidence and antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacteria from door handles were studied to X-ray the public health implication of bacterial infections in the complex. Eleven genera were identified: Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus intermidis, Streptococcus pneumonia, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus cohinii, and Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus chromogenes, Staphylococcus capitis, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The antibiotic susceptibility pattern revealed that Gentamycin exhibited the highest zone of inhibition to all isolates, followed by ciprofloxacin, oflaxacin, nitrofurantoin and Ampicillin. The frequency of bacterial isolates showed that Staphylococcus aureus had the highest percentage of 30%, followed by Escherichia coli (12.5%), Streptococcus pyogenes (10.0%). Streptococcus pneumonia, Staphylococcus cohinii, and Staphylococcus capitis each had (7.5%); the least was Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus intermidis (2.5%). Finally, the public health implications of the isolates were discussed.
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