Bacteriological Quality Assessment of Cosmetic Products Sold in Yola, Adamawa State Nigeria

Cosmetics products are external preparations normally applied to human body parts mainly for beautification. These potential reservoirs of infection due contamination by microbes. The bacteriological quality different cosmetic sold within Yola, Adamawa state Nigeria was determined isolation and antibiotic susceptibility profiling bacterial isolates. work conducted at the Department Microbiology, Modibbo Adama University Yola between February 2021 July 2021. A total 30 samples from 5 categories cosmetics (powder, mascara, foundation, lipstick cream) were assessed. Detection identification bacteria carried out using standard microbiological techniques. Bacterial load direct colony count profile each isolates following Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method fourteen antibiotics. Out analyzed, 86.5 % contaminated, with ranging 1.0 x 103 20.0 cfu/g. obtained includes Staphylococcus aureus (42.3 %), Escherichia coli (23 %) Pseudomonas aeruginosa (15.3 Klebsiella (7.7 Salmonella (11.5 %). Antibiotic testing indicated that mostly resistant. It depicted resistance Chloramphenicol tetracycline 100 while a significant number sensitive Rifampicin, Amoxicillin Norfloxacin. various found on shelves market contaminated pathogenic species occurrence rate as well pattern.