عزل وتشخيص بعض انواع المكورات العنقودية المتجة لرائحة الابط

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 AlMuthanna
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