عزل و تشخيص بعض أنواع المكورات العنقودية المنتجة لرائحة الإبط لعينة من طلبة كلية العلوم قسم البيئة و التلوث في جامعة المثنى

Abstract EN

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