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Online Published: 10 Jul 2021
 


Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Escherichia coli Isolated from the Urine of Asymptomatic Students in a University in South-Western Nigeria

Mark Ovuakporaye Akpotu, Babatunde Oluseye Akisanya, Aanuoluwapo Dorcas Bayo-johnson.


Abstract
Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a common occurrence among healthy students, with a tendency to develop into symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTIs). This study was carried out to investigate the occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Escherichia coli from the urine of asymptomatic students. A total of 180 mid-stream urine samples were collected from apparently healthy students, whose consents were sought. E. coli was isolated and tested for their susceptibility to commonly used antimicrobial agents using the disk diffusion protocol. Result analysis was done using one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the help of SPSS and level of significance taken at p<0.05. The isolates showed resistance against 90% of the antibiotics used in this study with 93.3% of the isolates resistant to cefuroxime and 35 % resistant to nitrofurantoin. Multidrug resistance (MDR) was also observed where the isolates showed resistance to at least three classes of the antimicrobial agents used in this study. A multiple antibiotic resistance index greater than 0.2 was observed in over 80 % of the isolates. This study showed a rare occurrence in which almost all the Escherichia coli isolates showed resistance to over 90% of the antibiotics used in this study with the exception of nitrofurantoin which seems to be the most effective antibiotics against all the isolates. This situation portends grave danger to public health; hence, the need for high level surveillance and monitoring of the use of antibiotics in therapy as well as the molecular identification of the prevalent resistant strains.

Key words: Antimicrobial, Asymptomatic, Escherichia coli, Susceptibility profile, Urine


 
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Akpotu MO, Akisanya BO, Bayo-johnson AD. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Escherichia coli Isolated from the Urine of Asymptomatic Students in a University in South-Western Nigeria. Equijost. 2021; 8(1): 54-59. doi:https//dx.doi.org/10.4314/equijost.v8i1.8

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Akpotu MO, Akisanya BO, Bayo-johnson AD. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Escherichia coli Isolated from the Urine of Asymptomatic Students in a University in South-Western Nigeria. Equijost. 2021; 8(1): 54-59. doi:https//dx.doi.org/10.4314/equijost.v8i1.8


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Akpotu MO, Akisanya BO, Bayo-johnson AD. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Escherichia coli Isolated from the Urine of Asymptomatic Students in a University in South-Western Nigeria. Equijost. (2021), [cited June 27, 2026]; 8(1): 54-59. doi:https//dx.doi.org/10.4314/equijost.v8i1.8


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Akpotu, M. O., Akisanya, . B. O. & Bayo-johnson, . A. D. (2021) Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Escherichia coli Isolated from the Urine of Asymptomatic Students in a University in South-Western Nigeria. Equijost, 8 (1), 54-59. doi:https//dx.doi.org/10.4314/equijost.v8i1.8


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Akpotu, Mark Ovuakporaye, Babatunde Oluseye Akisanya, and Aanuoluwapo Dorcas Bayo-johnson. 2021. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Escherichia coli Isolated from the Urine of Asymptomatic Students in a University in South-Western Nigeria. Equity Journal of Science and Technology, 8 (1), 54-59. doi:https//dx.doi.org/10.4314/equijost.v8i1.8


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Akpotu, Mark Ovuakporaye, Babatunde Oluseye Akisanya, and Aanuoluwapo Dorcas Bayo-johnson. "Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Escherichia coli Isolated from the Urine of Asymptomatic Students in a University in South-Western Nigeria." Equity Journal of Science and Technology 8 (2021), 54-59. doi:https//dx.doi.org/10.4314/equijost.v8i1.8


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Akpotu, Mark Ovuakporaye, Babatunde Oluseye Akisanya, and Aanuoluwapo Dorcas Bayo-johnson. "Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Escherichia coli Isolated from the Urine of Asymptomatic Students in a University in South-Western Nigeria." Equity Journal of Science and Technology 8.1 (2021), 54-59. Print. doi:https//dx.doi.org/10.4314/equijost.v8i1.8


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Akpotu, M. O., Akisanya, . B. O. & Bayo-johnson, . A. D. (2021) Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile of Escherichia coli Isolated from the Urine of Asymptomatic Students in a University in South-Western Nigeria. Equity Journal of Science and Technology, 8 (1), 54-59. doi:https//dx.doi.org/10.4314/equijost.v8i1.8




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