Incidence of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from armpits of students of University of Abuja, Nigeria.

Eleojo Felix Ojih, Godwin Okon Okon, Nkemjika Vivian Nwanna, Joseph Imo Udosen, Andrew Nsikak Abraham

Abstract


A study of the carriage of microorganisms in armpits and the factors affecting it was carried out on 180 students of the University of Abuja. The armpits were swabbed and microbiological analyses were carried out on the swab samples.

Keywords


armpit; deodorant; Mannitol; microorganisms ; Staphylococcus aureus

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