عزل وتشخيص بعض أنواع المكورات العنقودية المنتجة لرائحة الإبط لعينة من طلبة كلية العلوم قسم البيئة والتلوث في جامعة المثنى

Abstract

This study included isolation and identification Staphylococcus spp. that cause armpit odor , 90 samples ( Skin swabs) were collected from students of the Faculty of Science, Department of Environment and Pollution in Al-Muthanna University , for the period from (November 2014 until February 2015), and included 40 armpit samples for males and 50 armpit samples for females . It was alerted donors to stop the use of deodorant and inhibitors sweating before 24 hours of sample collection , then diagnosed samples and laboratory diagnostic results showed that emergence of 74 sample ( 30 males and 44 females ) is positive for the gram dye in the form grape clusters , belonging to the types of Staphylococcus spp. that cause armpit odor ,and then all isolates were subjected to the biochemical tests , the results have been obtained 46(62.2%) Staph. epidermidis , 18(24.3%) Staph. aureus, 7(9.5%) Staph. haemolyticus and 3(4.1%) Staph. saprophyticus .