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Antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacilli isolated from the skin of healthy humans
In the present work, twelve bacilli were isolated from four different regions of human skin from Bela population of Nagpur district, India. The isolated bacilli were identified by their morphological, cultural and biochemical characteristics. Seven isolates were Gram negative rods, out of which five...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4704625/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26691469 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838246420131366 |
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author | Tarale, Prashant Gawande, Sonali Jambhulkar, Vinay |
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description | In the present work, twelve bacilli were isolated from four different regions of human skin from Bela population of Nagpur district, India. The isolated bacilli were identified by their morphological, cultural and biochemical characteristics. Seven isolates were Gram negative rods, out of which five were belong to genus Pseudomonas. Three among the five Gram positive isolates were identified as Dermabactor and the remaining two Bacillus. Their antimicrobial susceptibility profile was determined by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. The isolates showed resistance to several currently used broad-spectrum antibiotics. The Dermabactor genus was resistant to vancomycin, although it was earlier reported to be susceptible. Imipenem was found to be the most effective antibiotic for Pseudomonas while nalidixic acid, ampicillin and tetracycline were ineffective. Isolates of Bacillus displayed resistance to the extended spectrum antibiotics cephalosporin and ceftazidime. Imipenem, carbenicillin and ticarcillin were found to be the most effective antibiotics as all the investigated isolates were susceptible to them. Antibiotic resistance may be due to the overuse or misuse of antibiotics during the treatment, or following constant exposure to antibiotic-containing cosmetic formulations. |
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spelling | pubmed-47046252016-01-14 Antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacilli isolated from the skin of healthy humans Tarale, Prashant Gawande, Sonali Jambhulkar, Vinay Braz J Microbiol Medical Microbiology In the present work, twelve bacilli were isolated from four different regions of human skin from Bela population of Nagpur district, India. The isolated bacilli were identified by their morphological, cultural and biochemical characteristics. Seven isolates were Gram negative rods, out of which five were belong to genus Pseudomonas. Three among the five Gram positive isolates were identified as Dermabactor and the remaining two Bacillus. Their antimicrobial susceptibility profile was determined by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. The isolates showed resistance to several currently used broad-spectrum antibiotics. The Dermabactor genus was resistant to vancomycin, although it was earlier reported to be susceptible. Imipenem was found to be the most effective antibiotic for Pseudomonas while nalidixic acid, ampicillin and tetracycline were ineffective. Isolates of Bacillus displayed resistance to the extended spectrum antibiotics cephalosporin and ceftazidime. Imipenem, carbenicillin and ticarcillin were found to be the most effective antibiotics as all the investigated isolates were susceptible to them. Antibiotic resistance may be due to the overuse or misuse of antibiotics during the treatment, or following constant exposure to antibiotic-containing cosmetic formulations. Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2015-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4704625/ /pubmed/26691469 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838246420131366 Text en Copyright © 2015, Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ All the content of the journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons License CC BY-NC. |
spellingShingle | Medical Microbiology Tarale, Prashant Gawande, Sonali Jambhulkar, Vinay Antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacilli isolated from the skin of healthy humans |
title | Antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacilli isolated from the skin of
healthy humans |
title_full | Antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacilli isolated from the skin of
healthy humans |
title_fullStr | Antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacilli isolated from the skin of
healthy humans |
title_full_unstemmed | Antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacilli isolated from the skin of
healthy humans |
title_short | Antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacilli isolated from the skin of
healthy humans |
title_sort | antibiotic susceptibility profile of bacilli isolated from the skin of
healthy humans |
topic | Medical Microbiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4704625/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26691469 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838246420131366 |
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