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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2021, Volume : 9, Issue : 1
First page : (471) Last page : (480)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8573

Bacterial Contamination of Automated Teller Machine in Sakaka City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Yasmeen A. Althari¹, Tagreed M. Almazyad¹, Somayah A. Albedaiwi¹, Reem J. Al-moamar¹, Ruqayah Z. Alabdullah¹, Kheriah K. Alhutheil¹ and Manhal A. Hamza^1,2*
1College of Applied Medical Science, Al-jouf Univercity
²Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology,
Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
*Corresponding Author E-mail: manhalo26ahb@gmail.com
Received: 3.01.2021 | Revised: 9.02.2021 | Accepted: 16.02.2021 

 ABSTRACT

This study was under taken to identify and quantify bacterial contamination on the surface of ATMs in Sakaka city. Swabs were aseptically collected from ATM screens and keyboards then processed for enumeration and identification of contaminant bacteria. The results revealed those ATMs were highly contaminated with pathogenic, non-pathogenic and opportunistic bacteria especially on numeric keys. Studies on antimicrobial sensitivity of isolated bacteria showed that most of gram positives showed wide range of sensitivity to several antibiotics: Ciprofloxacin,  Clindamycin, Fusidic Acid, Gentamicin, Levofloxacin, Linezolid, Moxifloxacin, Rifampin, Synercid, Teicoplanin, Tetracycline, Trimeth/Sulfa and Vancomycin, and were more resistant to Mupirocin and Azithromycin. Whereas gram negatives were mostly sensitive to Amikacin, Amox/K Clav, Gentamicin, Imipenem and Pip/Tazo and least to Ampicillin.

Keywords: ATM, Contamination, Bacteria, Sakaka city.

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Cite this article: Althari, Y. A., Almazyad, T. M., Albedaiwi, S. A., Al-moamar, R. J., Alabdullah, R. Z., Alhutheil, K. K., & Hamza, M. A. (2020). Bacterial Contamination of Automated Teller Machine in Sakaka City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 9(1), 471-480. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8573