High risk of bacterial contamination of Doctor's mobile phone working in Baghdad hospitals, study resistance to antibiotics

Abstract

In this study bacteria isolated from mobile phones of male and female Doctors worked in Baghdad hospitals which include Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Ibn al-Nafis hospital, Al-Yarmouk Hospital, Al-Karama Hospital, Medical City Hospital, and Al-Nu'man Hospital. Seventy samples collected from different specialty and sex. The result of the present study shows the isolation percentage for Male was 54% and for Female was 46%. The number and types of bacteria differ with the sex and specialty. T-test show the existent of significance differences (p<0.01) between the number of bacterial colonies and specialty. One hundred isolates were identified, 64 were normal flora of skin which was 22 isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis, formed 22% and 42 isolates of Bacillus spp. formed 42% from all isolated. The remaining isolated 36 were pathogenic bacteria, included seven genus Staphylococcus aureus 20 (20%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa 6 (6%), Bacillus subtilis 2, Streptococcus spp. 2, Escherichia coli 2, Micrococcus lutes 2, and Klebsiella pneumonia 2 Formed (2%). respectively.
The antimicrobial susceptibility test shows the most isolate were sensitive to (LEV 5, APM 10, T 30, SXT 25) and resistance to (AMC 30, CX 5, CL 30) with some exception. The susceptibility test of Staphylococcus aureus to Oxacillin appeared the predominant of (OSSA) which form 75% whereas the percentage of (ORSA) was 25% from all Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.