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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2020

Antibiotic sensitivity profile of

Michel Kengne, Hermann Brice Nkuinzeu Fotie, Julius Mbekem Nwobegahay, Patrick Njukeng Achiangia, Ublad Tamoufe, Daniel Ter Goon, Junior Bitoungui Mboua, Gladys Tchanana, Akemfua Fualefac, Hilda Echelibe and 2 more

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 52% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Michel KengneDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Hermann Brice Nkuinzeu FotieDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Julius Mbekem NwobegahayDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Patrick Njukeng AchiangiaFaculty of Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon.
Ublad TamoufeMETABIOTA, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Daniel Ter GoonDepartment of Nursing Sciences, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa.
Junior Bitoungui MbouaYaounde Central Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Gladys TchananaDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Akemfua FualefacDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Hilda EchelibeDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Rodine Kouonang DjonkamDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Awung NkezaDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, School of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Catholic University of Central Africa · CMCentral Hospital of Yaoundé · CMUniversité de Dschang · CMUniversity of Fort Hare · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionthe purpose of this study was to evaluate the in vitro activity of several antibiotics against strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from pyoderma in people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), consulting at the day clinic of the Yaoundé Central Hospital.

methodsthis was a prospective, cross-sectional study which was carried out in five months (November 2013-March 2014). Fifty-three (53) pus specimens were collected; from which the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus was made using Chapman agar. Mannitol fermentation, catalase, coagulase and DNase tests were used for species identification. Antibiotic sensitivity of each strain was determined by the agar diffusion method.

resultsforty-eight (48) strains of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated (90.56%). A high rate of sensitivity to antibiotics was observed in many strains: vancomycin (100.0%), pristinamycin (100.0%), chloramphenicol (100.0%), oxacillin (97.9%), cefoxitin (97.9%), gentamicin (87.5%), tobramycin (83.3%). However, some strains had strong resistance to penicillin G (89.6%) and cotrimoxazole (64.6%). The proportion of Methicilin Resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was low (2.0%). The kanamycin-tobramycin-gentamycin phenotype (KTG) was most common in the aminoglycosides resistant strains; the same as the induced phenotype E stains (iMLSB) in macrolides resistant strains.

Indexed as

Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsCameroonCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedProspective StudiesPyodermaStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsantibioticsHuman immunodeficiency viruspyodermasensitivityStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID33447340
PMCPMC7778160
OpenAlexW3097480094

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