In total, 94.5 % of phones demonstrated evidence of bacterial contamination with different types of bacteria. The gram negative strains were isolated from mobile phones of 31.3 % and the ceftazidime resistant strains from the hands were 39.5 %. S. aureus strains isolated from mobile phones of 52 % and those strains isolated from hands of 37.7 % were methicillin resistant. Distributions of the isolated microorganisms from mobile phones were similar to hands isolates. Some mobile phones were contaminated with nosocomial important pathogens
