BACTERIAL INFECTION AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITSY TEST (AST) PATTERNS AMONG CONFIRMED SARS COV-2 INDIVIDUAL IN SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA.

Antimicrobial medications were given to patients with this illness without antimicrobial susceptibility since recent statistics on SARS-C0V-2 showed that bacterial infection increased mortality rate and lowered clearance of the virus. The goal study was detect co-infecting pathogen(s) analyze their antibiotic resistance profiles in confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases Oyo State, Nigeria. 400 symptomatic asymptomatic infected individuals had nasopharynx sampled, structured questionnaires out identify risk factors for infection. Using API 20E VITEK 2.0 ID cards, isolates recognized after being collected using conventional microbiological techniques. testing done AST card kits Kirby Bauer disc diffusion Enterobacteriaceae family a large number observed bacteria. COVID-19 treated azithromycin, which is more resistant Gram positive bacteria, higher (66.6%). However, have significantly quinolone (89.0%). Some identified multidrug resistant, including Azithromycin. This discovery raises serious health concerns requires additional investigation.