Distribution of various pathogenic bacteria from pediatric ward settings

Authors

• Irfan A. Butt, From the Department of Microbiology (Butt, Aslam B, Rasool, Shafiq), Directorate of Medical Sciences (Khurshid), College of Allied Health Professionals, Government College University Faisalabad, and the Institute of Microbiology/US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies (Aslam M), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
• Bilal Aslam, From the Department of Microbiology (Butt, Aslam B, Rasool, Shafiq), Directorate of Medical Sciences (Khurshid), College of Allied Health Professionals, Government College University Faisalabad, and the Institute of Microbiology/US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies (Aslam M), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
• Muhammad H. Rasool, From the Department of Microbiology (Butt, Aslam B, Rasool, Shafiq), Directorate of Medical Sciences (Khurshid), College of Allied Health Professionals, Government College University Faisalabad, and the Institute of Microbiology/US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies (Aslam M), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
• Humerah B. Shafiq, From the Department of Microbiology (Butt, Aslam B, Rasool, Shafiq), Directorate of Medical Sciences (Khurshid), College of Allied Health Professionals, Government College University Faisalabad, and the Institute of Microbiology/US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies (Aslam M), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
• Mohsin Khurshid, From the Department of Microbiology (Butt, Aslam B, Rasool, Shafiq), Directorate of Medical Sciences (Khurshid), College of Allied Health Professionals, Government College University Faisalabad, and the Institute of Microbiology/US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies (Aslam M), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
• Muhammad A. Aslam, From the Department of Microbiology (Butt, Aslam B, Rasool, Shafiq), Directorate of Medical Sciences (Khurshid), College of Allied Health Professionals, Government College University Faisalabad, and the Institute of Microbiology/US-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies (Aslam M), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Abstract

Objectives: To test various items in hospital environment as reservoirs of bacteria. Methods: This simple descriptive study was conducted between June and December 2014. Pediatric wards of 4 different hospitals of Faisalabad, Pakistan were selected and 8 different items per hospital were sampled (n=160). Poisson regression analysis was carried out with R software and using lme4 package. Results: There were no differences between the hospitals regarding total number of bacterial isolates or bacterial isolates per sample source or prevalent bacterial species. Utensile tables were significantly the least contaminated source when comparing all sample sources from all hospitals ( p =0.05). When testing if the bacterial species differed significantly between sample sources, Escherichia coli ( p =0.05) and Bacillus ( p =0.04) were found significantly high on utensils, while Pseudomonas was found significantly less on curtains ( p =0.03) and doors ( p =0.02). Conclusion: Due to unhygienic practices in hospitals children are exposed to pathogens steers to life threatening infection. A good control strategy should be implemented to avoid health care-associated infection.

Article Type

Brief Report

First Page

1268

Last Page

1271

Recommended Citation

Butt, Irfan A.; Aslam, Bilal; Rasool, Muhammad H.; Shafiq, Humerah B.; Khurshid, Mohsin; and Aslam, Muhammad A. (2016) "Distribution of various pathogenic bacteria from pediatric ward settings," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 37: Iss. 11, Article 17.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.11.15236