Prevalence of antibacterial resistant bacterial contaminants from mobile phones of hospital inpatients

Mobile phones contaminated with bacteria may act as fomites. Antibiotic resistant bacterial contamination of mobile phones of inpatients was studied. One hundred and six samples were collected from mobile phones of patients admitted in various hospitals in Jazan province of Saudi Arabia. Eighty-nine...

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Autores principales: Vinod Kumar, B., Hobani, Yahya Hasan, Abdulhaq, Ahmed, Jerah, Ahmed Ali, Hakami, Othman M., Eltigani, Magdeldin, Bidwai, Anil K.
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Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2014
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4189012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25292217
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ljm.v9.25451
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author Vinod Kumar, B.
Hobani, Yahya Hasan
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Jerah, Ahmed Ali
Hakami, Othman M.
Eltigani, Magdeldin
Bidwai, Anil K.
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description Mobile phones contaminated with bacteria may act as fomites. Antibiotic resistant bacterial contamination of mobile phones of inpatients was studied. One hundred and six samples were collected from mobile phones of patients admitted in various hospitals in Jazan province of Saudi Arabia. Eighty-nine (83.9%) out of 106 mobile phones were found to be contaminated with bacteria. Fifty-two (49.0%) coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, 12 (11.3%) Staphylococcus aureus, 7 (6.6%) Enterobacter cloacae, 3 (2.83%) Pseudomonas stutzeri, 3 (2.83%) Sphingomonas paucimobilis, 2 (1.8%) Enterococcus faecalis and 10 (9.4%) aerobic spore bearers were isolated. All the isolated bacteria were found to be resistant to various antibiotics. Hence, regular disinfection of mobile phones of hospital inpatients is advised.
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spelling pubmed-41890122014-11-04 Prevalence of antibacterial resistant bacterial contaminants from mobile phones of hospital inpatients Vinod Kumar, B. Hobani, Yahya Hasan Abdulhaq, Ahmed Jerah, Ahmed Ali Hakami, Othman M. Eltigani, Magdeldin Bidwai, Anil K. Libyan J Med Short Communication Mobile phones contaminated with bacteria may act as fomites. Antibiotic resistant bacterial contamination of mobile phones of inpatients was studied. One hundred and six samples were collected from mobile phones of patients admitted in various hospitals in Jazan province of Saudi Arabia. Eighty-nine (83.9%) out of 106 mobile phones were found to be contaminated with bacteria. Fifty-two (49.0%) coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, 12 (11.3%) Staphylococcus aureus, 7 (6.6%) Enterobacter cloacae, 3 (2.83%) Pseudomonas stutzeri, 3 (2.83%) Sphingomonas paucimobilis, 2 (1.8%) Enterococcus faecalis and 10 (9.4%) aerobic spore bearers were isolated. All the isolated bacteria were found to be resistant to various antibiotics. Hence, regular disinfection of mobile phones of hospital inpatients is advised. Co-Action Publishing 2014-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4189012/ /pubmed/25292217 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ljm.v9.25451 Text en © 2014 B. Vinod Kumar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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