ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE………………………………………………………………..i
ACKNOWLEDGMENT…………………………………………………... iii
DEDICATION…………………………………………………………….. iv
CERTIFICATION…………………………………………………………..v
TABLE OF CONTENT…………………………………………………..... vi
LIST OF TABLES………………………………………...………………. viii
ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………...ix
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction and
 literature review (Staphylococcus aureus)…………………1
1.0.1   
 Historical
 background………………………………………………..2
1.0.2   
 Classification…………………………………………………………4
1.0.3   
 Epidemiology and
 Risk Factors………………………………………5
1.0.4   
 Virulence
 factors……………………………………………………...8
1.0.5   
 Staphylococcal
 infections…………………………………………....12
1.0.6   
 Diagnosis…………………………………………………………….14
1.0.7   
 Prevention and
 control………………………………………………15
1.0.8   
 Treatment and
 management…………………………………………18
1.1           
 Introduction and
 Literature review (Candida albicans)………………….19
1.1.1   
 Historical
 overview…………………………………………………..20
1.1.2   
 Classification………………………………………………………....22
1.1.3   
 Epidemiology and
 risk factors………………………………………..23
1.1.4   
 Signs and
 symptoms………………………………………………….24
1.1.5   
 Diagnosis……………………………………………………………..26
1.1.6   
 Prevention and
 control……………………………………………….27
1.1.7   
 Treatment and
 management…………………………………………..28
1.2. ANTIMICROBIAL
 THERAPY
1.2.0. Introduction……………………………………………………………29
1.2.1. History of Antibiotics…………………………………………………29
1.2.2. Classes of Antibiotics…………………………………………….........31
1.2.3. Penicillins……………………………………………………………...32   
1.2.4. Beta-lactamase Inhibitors……………………………………………...33
1.2.5. Aminoglycoside………………………………………………………..34
1.2.6. Chloramphenicol………………………………………………….........35                                   
   1.2.7.
 Tetracycline…………………………………………………………….36
1.2.8. Septrin…………………………………………………………………..37
1.2.9. Macrolide………………………………………………………………..39
1.2.10. Quinolones……………………………………………………………..40
1.2.11. Cephalosporins…………………………………………………………42
 1.3.  AIMS
 AND OBJECTIVES……………………………………………..............44
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Materials and Methods
2.1. Material used………………………………………………………..............45
2.2. Media used………………………………………………………………….45
2.3. Sterilization of materials……………………………………………………46
2.4. Collection of samples………………………………………………………46
2.5. Culture method……………………………………………………………..47
2.6. Preparation of antibiotics susceptibility
 disc……………………………….48
2.7. Antimicrobial susceptibility test……………………………………………49
2.8. Antibiogram typing…………………………………………………………51
CHAPTER THREE.
3.0. Results………………………………………………………………………52
CHAPTER FOUR.
4.0. Discussion………………………………………………………………….58
4.1. Conclusion and Recommendation………………………………………….60
References ……………………………………………………………………..61
Appendix one…………………………………………………………………...73
Appendix two
 …………………………………………………………………..76
Appendix three………………………………………………………………….79
LIST
 OF TABLES AND FIGURES
Table 1. 
 Criteria used for the identification of Staphylococcus aureus.
Table 2. 
 Antibiogram types of  Staphylococcus aureus isolated from healthy male students in Eguare Secondary
 School, Ekpoma.
Table 3. Group cumulative frequency susceptibility
 rate of isolated Staphylococcus aureus to grouped antibiotics at different
 rates.
Figure
 1. frequency rate of antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolated
 from the nostrils in order of increasing rate.