Antibiograms of Gut Flora of Poultry Farms Workers Reveal Higher Resistance Levels as Compared to Non-Workers

Muhammad Qamar Saeed,1 Mubashar Aziz,1 Raja Kamran Afzal,2 Aamir Hussain,3 Hamid Manzoor,4 Sumaira Rasul,4 Tahira Ruby,5 Ahmed Akrem,5 Samrah Masud,5 Adnan Arshad,1 Ayesha Latif,1 Muhammad Yousif,1 Hamdan Aali,1 Menahil Fatima,1 Muhammad Mujahid Bhutta,1 Aleem Ahmed Khan5 1Dr. Ghulam Nabi Chaudhary Laboratory of Microbial Technologies, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan; 2Department of Microbiology, CMH Institute of Medical Sciences, Multan, Pakistan; 3Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan; 4Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Multan, Pakistan; 5Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Multan, PakistanCorrespondence: Muhammad Qamar Saeed, Dr. Ghulam Nabi Chaudhary Laboratory of Microbial Technologies, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan, Tel +92-333-0231222, Email mqamarsaeed@bzu.edu.pkIntroduction: Antibiotics are being used in humans and animals for treatment and control of bacterial infections. Excessive use of antibiotics in the production of poultry is a popular practice, but it poses serious health issues by transferring resistance from farm to humans via food or direct exposure.Study Objective: The objective of this study was to carry out a comparison of the resistance and sensitivity profile of isolated isolates from sewage of toilets that were in use of workers inside the farm and from sewage of household toilets.Methodology: In this study, a total of 320 sewage samples were collected. The antibiotic susceptibility profile was checked by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method, and the statistical analysis was carried out by MS excel. Chi-square test was performed to determine whether the antibiograms from two sample types were statistically different from each other or not.Results: From 320 sewage ...