TY  - JOUR
T1  - Microbiological Assessment of Gram Negative Bacterial Isolates from
Ear, Eye, Nose and Throat among Patients Attending Aresho
Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
AU - Estifanos, T. AU - Mesele, A. AU - Meseret, C. 
JO  - International Journal of Tropical Medicine
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SP  - 11
EP  - 16
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-3319
DO  - ijtmed.2019.11.16
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2019.11.16
KW  - Bacteria
KW  -species
KW  -swab
KW  -nasal
KW  -twelve species
KW  -culture technique
AB  - ENT samples from patients who referred to Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory were isolated for
further microbiological assessment. About 91 from both male and female patients comprising 42 ear, 21 nasal,
1eye and 27 throat swab, respectively were screened between April-2017-July-2017 and the samples were
analyzed using culture technique, direct microscopy and identification of bacteria (Vtek 2 compact). Finding
from the study identified 12 species of bacteria, i.e., <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis, Kelebsiella
oxytoca, Entrobacter cloacae, Citrobacter koseri, Citrobacter pauclus, Pseudomonas fulorescens, Klebsiella</i>,
pneumoniae, <i>Acinetobacter baumanii, E. coli</i>, Lecletciaa decarboxylate and <i>Proteus vulgaris. Proteus
mirabilis</i> recorded the highest rates (30%) followed by <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> (20%) which was isolated in
ear and nose swabs while the least were recorded on <i>Citrobacter koseri, Citrobacter pauclus, Pseudomonas
fulorescens, Proteus vulgaris, Acinetobacter baumanii, E. coli</i>, Lecletciaa decarboxylate, <i>Klebsiella
pneumonia</i> (3.3%).
ER  -