Prevalence of antibacterial resistant bacterial contaminants from mobile phones of hospital inpatients

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Table 1 Various types of bacteria isolated from mobile phones of patients

S. No	Name of the bacteria isolated from mobile phones	Number of bacteria isolated from mobile phones	Percentage of bacteria isolated from mobile phones
1	Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus	52	49.06
2	Staphylococcus aureus	12	11.32
3	Enterobacter cloacae complex	7	6.6
4	Pseudomonas stutzeri	3	2.83
5	Sphingomonas paucimobilis	3	2.83
6	Enterococcus faecalis	2	1.8
7	Aerobic spore bearers	10	9.4

Table 2 Antibiotic resistance of various Gram positive bacterial isolates from mobile phones of patients

	Percentage of resistance
Name of antibiotic	Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (52)*	Staphylococcus aureus (12)*
Benzylpenicillin	100	100
Gentamicin	53.8	0
Tobramycin	70.8	0
Levofloxacin	32.7	0
Moxifloxacin	18	0
Erythromycin	62.5	83.3
Clindamycin	40.5	0
Linezolid	0	0
Teicoplanin	13	0
Vancomycin	0	0
Tetracycline	32	0
Tigecycline	0	0
Fosfomycin	79.2	0
Nitrofurantoin	0	0
Fusidic acid	96	0
Mupirocin	0	0
Rifampicin	100	0

*Total number of bacterial isolates in parenthesis.

Table 3 Antibiotic resistance of various Gram negative bacterial isolates from mobile phones of patients

	Percentage of resistance
Name of antibiotic	Enterobacter cloacae complex (7)*	Pseudomonas stutzeri (3)*	Sphingomonas paucimobilis (3)*
Ampicillin	100	0	33.33
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid	0	0	0
Piperacillin/sulbactam	0	0	0
Piperacillin/tazobactam	100	0	0
Cefalothin	0	66.6	33.3
Cefuroxime	85.7	66.6	33.3
Cefuroxime axetil	100	66.6	33.3
Cefoxitin	100	66.6	0
Cefpodoxime	0	66.6	0
Cefotaxime	0	0	0
Ceftazidime	0	0	0
Imipenem	0	0	0
Meropenem	0	0	0
Amikacin	0	0	0
Gentamicin	0	0	33.3
Tobramycin	0	0	0
Ciprofloxacin	0	0	0
Norfloxacin	0	0	0
Tetracycline	0	0	0
Nitrofurantoin	0	66.6	33.3
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole	0	33.3	0

*Total number of bacterial isolates in parenthesis.