Asymptomatic bacteriuria among healthy female students is a common occurrence that is frequently ignored and this is attributed to the fact that Pre-menopausal, non-pregnant women with asymptomatic bacteriuria experience no adverse effects and usually will clear their bacteriuria...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/27929
Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) are a group of long-lasting malfunctions of respiratory system. Almost all of them, are not curable and pharmacological interventions are life-time. Because of the chronic use of therapies, safety of the interventions are as important as effica...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/30622
Aims: To offer a summarized and systemized understanding of the incorporation of plant oils in pruritus alleviation. Methodology: Literature was searched using online databases such as MEDLINE/PubMed, Google Scholar and Science Direct with the following inclusion criteria: 1) con...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/30703
Aims: To examine the properties of hydrazide compounds shown to inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To identify properties that affect efficiency of bacterial inhibition. Study Design: Utilizing data from previous studies of compounds that inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis, then...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/30855
Aims: To evaluate the phytochemical content, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of the leaf extract of Alternanthera dentata. Study Design: Ethanol was used to extract the plant material for GC-MS analysis and antimicrobial studies while methanol extract was used for the anti...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/29855
Morinda lucida is a tropical West African evergreen shrub or small to medium sized rainforest tree, having brown colored bark, white flowers and yellowish ellipsoid seeds. It is widely used in traditional medicine systems of different countries. This study was designed to carry o...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/29997
The study explores the knowledge and attitude of pregnant women towards the management of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH). It was a descriptive study, sampling technique was purposive and data was collected using a self-administered structure questionnaire. A sample of two h...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/29764
The effectiveness of drugs and chemotherapeutic agents used against bacteria has recently declined due to various mechanisms used by the bacteria to prevent their actions. This study aims at detecting the mechanism of multidrug resistance in bacteria isolated from wound infection...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/29155
Severe hemorrhage during delivery may lead to complications if the urinary bladder is involved in cases of placenta percreta. If placenta percreta and its complications are discovered during delivery, they might be able to be successfully managed. However, in this situation, the...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/30242
Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are known to cause significant morbidity and mortality around the world, and, therefore, need precise terminology and prevention strategies to reduce the global burden on public health and increase safety of patient population. Pharmacovi...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/30653
The present study was to evaluate the hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity of the methanolic and aqueous extracts of Amorphophallus campanulatus (A. campanulatus) tubers against Paracetamol induced liver damage in rats. The administration of extracts at a dose 300 mg/ kg res...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/29419
Background: Healthcare workers in tertiary hospital are at the risk of exposure and possible transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. This infection is a major and important occupational hazard among health care workers (HCWs), it is may be 2–10 times higher than in the...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/30082
Aim: Drug induced hepatotoxicity is a potentially serious adverse effect of the currently used antitubercular chemotherapeutic regimens containing isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin. The aim of this study is to check the hepatoprotective action of Nigella sativa against the antituber...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/28571
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the susceptibility pattern of the bacterial isolates obtained from the environment of two hospitals (General hospital – GH and infectious disease hospital – IDH). Methods: A total of 240 swabs and air samples were collected...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/29316
Background: While different colors are commonly used during neuropsychological assessments, there is a general lack of information about the influence of education on color processing, which could affect the results of neuropsychological testing. Higher education is directly rela...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMPS/2016/29783