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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2025.14(3): 128-139
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2025.1403.017


Antibiotic Resistance of Enterobacteria and Staphylococci Isolated from Hospital Soils and Patients' Biological Fluids in Brazzaville
Tarcisse Baloki Ngoulou1, 2*, Prisca Nicole Nieko Dangui Makaya3, Irène Marie Cécile Mboukou Kimbatsa1, 2, Varlait Tizi Ewari Osso-Ciel1, 2, Elgie Viennechie Gatse1, 2, Armel Faly Soloka Mabika1, 2 and Etienne Nguimbi1, 2
1Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté des sciences et techniques,
Université Marien NGOUABI, Brazzaville, République du Congo
2Unité de Biologie Moléculaire et de Bio-informatique, Faculté des sciences et techniques,
Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, République du Congo
3Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, École Normale Supérieure, université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The inappropriate use of antibiotics since their discovery has been the cause of the appearance of resistant or multi-resistant bacteria both in the environment and in hospitals. Although major organizations such as the WHO have set up several systems to combat bacterial resistance, it remains a major public health problem. In order to assess bacterial resistance in Brazzaville's soils and clinics, strains of Staphylococcus and Enterobacteriaceae were isolated and antibiogram. The results of this study show that a wide variety of potentially pathogenic bacteria can be found in soil. The distribution of species isolated according to their biological origin revealed that the majority of Staphylococcus came from vaginal swabs (75%), followed by urine (15%) and spermatic fluid (10%), while the majority of Enterobacteriaceae came from urine (55%), followed by vaginal swabs (35%) and spermatic fluid (10%). The majority of strains used were resistant to almost all the antibiotic families used for susceptibility testing. Hospital-derived Staphylococcus strains showed very high rates of resistance (55 to 100%) to all antibiotics tested, compared with soil-derived strains. Soil-derived strains also showed high levels of resistance to certain molecules. Enterobacteriaceae strains were resistant to quinolones. Strains from both environments were more resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics (FOX CXM, CEX, IMI, ATM), with the exception of Ertapenem, where the resistance rate was higher in soil strains (55%) and lower in hospital strains (30%). OFX, NA, MXF and NOR showed very high rates, as did other antibiotic molecules (colistin and kanamycin). This work has shown us an increase in resistance in clinical and environmental strains to the most widely used antibiotics. This is a cause for concern in the therapeutic management of patients, and can lead to high costs for prolonged hospitalization, increased morbidity and mortality.


Keywords: Resistance, antibiotics, Bacteria, Soil, Biological fluids


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Tarcisse Baloki Ngoulou, Prisca Nicole Nieko Dangui Makaya, Irène Marie Cécile Mboukou Kimbatsa, Varlait Tizi Ewari Osso-Ciel, Elgie Viennechie Gatse, Armel Faly Soloka Mabika and Etienne Nguimbi. 2025. Antibiotic Resistance of Enterobacteria and Staphylococci Isolated from Hospital Soils and Patients' Biological Fluids in BrazzavilleInt.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 14(3): 128-139. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2025.1403.017
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