Aims: Bacterial resistance to antibiotics has become a major public health concern, the aim was to study bacterial resistance to antibiotics in bacteria isolated from Aiba water sampled from 4 locations in 3 different months Place and Duration of Study: Water samples were collect...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17924
Aims: The aim of this study is to isolate and identify the extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBLs), the causative agents of urinary tract infection and detection of their resistance against β lactam drugs. Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional studies in which 100 patients w...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17167
Essential Oil extract from Ocimum basilicum (Labiatae; basil) was investigated for its in vitro antibacterial properties against an emerging human food-borne pathogen, Shiga Toxin Producing E. coli O 157:H7. Agar disc diffusion method and time-kill assay in a batch culture were e...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17717
Aim: To determine the virulence of Fusarium oxysporum on mice kidney organ. Study Design: Study was carried out using experimental design. Place and Duration: The study was carried out at University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. From May 2012–August 2014. Methodology: Isolates from h...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18012
During April- May 2010 an outbreak of a disease with obvious nervous and respiratory signs in sheep was reported in west Kordofan State in western Sudan. Four flocks at four different locations in the State were investigated. The deaths by the disease versus the total number of a...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16086
Aim of the Work: this work aimed to study the Prevalence, Epidemiology, Phenotyping, and Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Enterohaemrrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains among cases of infantile and childhood diarrhea in Egypt. Materials and Methods: This study was carr...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18252
Children with HIV/AIDS compared to immune competent ones develop respiratory tract infections in a pattern that are different in nature, severity and/or frequency. 50 children with laboratory confirmed HIV infection and 80 children with laboratory confirmation of HIV negative sta...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17108
Introduction: Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC), an important etiologic agent of diarrhea is a major public health problem in developing countries. Relatively few studies have reported the role of enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) as etiological agent of adult diarrhea. Objectiv...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17468
This research work aimed to present the activity guided fractionation with antimicrobial evaluation from both crude extract and various fractions obtained from Pergularia tomentosa L. whole plant. The P. tomentosa L. whole plant was extracted with 95% aqueous ethanol; fractionate...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17027
Edward Isaac, Muktar Haruna, Olabode Samuel, Edward Deborah, Musa Maikano, Abubakar Sharafudeen, Taiwo L. Sheik & Stephen Olatunbosun·Microbiology Research Journal International·2015
Out of a total of 472 patients tested, from 2008-2013 at Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Barnawa Kaduna State Nigeria, 67 (14.2%) were found to be sero-positive to HIV I/II antibody testing. The test involves 232 males and 240 females, 17 (7.3%) of the males were tested positiv...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/16757