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.
Highlights
Among the vast number of human pathogens, the bacterial species Staphylococcus aureus and the fungal species are currently the second and third most commonly isolated bloodstream pathogens [1, 2]. ln particular attention Staphylococcus aureus has gained considerable attention from the medical community due to its involvement in the increasing number of nosocomial and acquired infection resulting in nearly half a million hospitalization and 50,000 death each year in the United States of America (USA) alone [1, 3]
We examined the prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans on mid steam urine, swabbed wound and high vaginal swabs
Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus had been isolated from several clinical specimens from different part of Nigeria [20] and different part of the world [21, 22]
Summary
Among the vast number of human pathogens, the bacterial species Staphylococcus aureus and the fungal species are currently the second and third most commonly isolated bloodstream pathogens [1, 2]. ln particular attention Staphylococcus aureus has gained considerable attention from the medical community due to its involvement in the increasing number of nosocomial and acquired infection resulting in nearly half a million hospitalization and 50,000 death each year in the USA alone [1, 3]. Ln particular attention Staphylococcus aureus has gained considerable attention from the medical community due to its involvement in the increasing number of nosocomial and acquired infection resulting in nearly half a million hospitalization and 50,000 death each year in the USA alone [1, 3]. Among the vast number of human pathogens, the bacterial species Staphylococcus aureus and the fungal species are currently the second and third most commonly isolated bloodstream pathogens [1, 2]. This bacterial species is armed with an array of virulence factors including toxin and immunoavoidance strategies for invading and destroying host tissue during infection. 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
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