Frequency of Resistance and Susceptible Bacteria Isolated from Houseflies

• Main Authors: B Davari, E Kalantar, A Zahirnia, SH Moosa-Kazemi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2010-12-01
• Series: Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
• Subjects: House fly; bacterium; antibacterial resistance; hospitals; slaughterhouse
• Online Access: https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/73

Background: In this study, we determine the vector competence of Musca domestica with reference to the transmis­sion of susceptible and resistance bacterial strains in hospitals and slaughter house in Sanandaj City, west Iran. Methods: Totally 908 houseflies were collected to isolate bacteria from their external body based on standard proce­dures.Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method on Mueller Hinton agar based on recommendations of CLSI (formerly the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards). Results: From collected houseflies, 366 bacteria species were isolated. The most common isolated bacterium at hos­pitals was Klebsiella pneumoniae 43.3% (n= 90) followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 37% (n= 77), while that of slaughterhouse was Proteus mirabilis. 29.1% (n= 46) followed by Citrobacter freundii 28.4% (n= 45). Among all the isolates from hospitals, cephalexin, chloramphenicol, ampicillin, and tetracycline, resistance rates were above 32.5% and gentamicin expressed the highest susceptibility among all the isolates from hospitals. It is worth to note that K. pneumoniae showed 61% and 44.5% resistance to cephalexin and chloramphenicol respectively. Similarly, all iso­lates from slaughterhouse were more than 28% and 30% resistant to cephalexin and chloramphenicol respectively. Surprisingly, among all the isolates, Citrobacter freundii were highly resistant to gentamicin. Conclusion: Houseflies collected from hospitals and slaughterhouse may be involved in the spread of drug resistant bacteria and may increase the potential of human exposure to drug resistant bacteria.