Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans coinfections amongst university community in southwest Nigeria
1 Microbiology Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
2 Microbiology Department, Adekunle Ajasin university, Akungba, Nigeria.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 18(02), 511–515
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.13.2.0162
Publication history:
Received on 12 January 2022; revised on 18 February 2022; accepted on 20 February 2022
Abstract:
Background: Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that is common and frequent polymicrobial pathogen. It constitutes a global burden to human health. Similar characteristic features displayed by Candida albicans also causes fungal infections. The interaction generally of the coinfections exhibited is of greater magnitude on these duo microbes at teaching hospitals and big clinical facilities but the extent in the convectional university is what we cannot really ascertain and this the basis for which the study is done.
Method: We examined the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans on mid steam urine, swabbed wound and high vaginal swabs. Samples were obtained from 520 patients between March 2019 to May 2020 from students and staff of the Federal university of Technology, Akure. Aged 1 to 69 years that visited the medical centre based on complaints and symptoms presented. Laboratory analysis was conducted, the samples were processed, identified microscopically, culturally and biochemically using standard procedures.
Result: The prevalence of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus coinfection was 2.9% (15) of the 520 participants. Out of which 252 (48.4%) were male and 268 (51.6%) were female. The highest prevalence of 35.8% was observed among the age group (11-20) years.
Conclusion: The prevalence of Candida albicans coinfection with Staphylococcus aureus is low. The study established it foray in university community. However, initiating prevention strategy with more studies and knowledge of their interactions open a new path to circumvent the prevalence in the next research study.
Keywords:
Prevalence; Staphylococcus aureus; Candida albicans; Coinfection
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