Aim: Childhood diarrheal diseases are common clinical episodes seen among children under 5 years old in the developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Epidemiological information of enteropathogens associated with childhood diarrhea will provides clinical information t...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/4737
Aim: To study multiple antimicrobial resistances in Vibrio spp. isolated from river and aquaculture water sources in Imo State Nigeria. Methodology: A total of 157 Vibrio isolates from river and aquaculture water sources were analysed for multiple antimicrobial resistance during...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/4896
Aims: To investigate the effect of pressure, pressurization time, pressurization temperature and their interaction on inactivation and recovery of Listeria innocua inoculated in minced chicken meat. Study Design: Effect of the parameters of high pressure processing (HPP) on the i...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/8214
Qualitative phytochemical analysis was carried out on Pergularia tomentosa and Mitracarpus scaber (leaves), the results revealed the presence of Tannins, Flavonoids, Alkaloids, Saponins, Glycosides, Saponin Glycosides, Cardiacglycosides, Anthraquinone and Steroids.The quantitativ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/3534
Aims: To identify and differentiate mycobacterium spp. in archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue by PCR to supply additional differential diagnostic method for Mycobacterium infections, where tuberculosis had been tested for by histopathological methods but without cul...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/8427
The incidence of human infections caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum is recently on the increase and this is attributed largely to alteration in antibiotic usage pattern, malnutrition and poor oral hygiene. These infections are usually acquired exogenously from animals such as d...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6634
Background: C. krusei is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that known of its intrinsic fluconazole resistance and its frequency is increasing especially among hematology patients. The increase in the frequency of high mortality fungal infections have accelerated the efforts of new...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6950
Aim: To study the impact of sweet potatoes on α-glucosidase, β-glucosidase, acid phosphatase, and phytase activity of Lactobacillus. Study Design: Enzymatic activity of seven strains of Lactobacillus grown in a sweet potato medium (SPM) was determined and compared to the standard...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5921
This work was carried out to study the effect of iron on the growth density of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as well as drug susceptibility testing. Fifty two smear-positive acid fast bacilli out of 100 sputum specimens were obtained from patients who were referred to National Healt...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7049
Aims: The objectives were to isolate and characterize phenotypically and genotypically the rhizobial strains from the soils belonging to the Meknes-Tafilalet region in order to select strains that are able to nodulate Bituminaria bituminosa. Study Design: An experimental study. P...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/6172