Aims: Liver biopsy has always been represented as the standard reference for assessment of hepatic fibrosis although it has several limitations. This study aimed at evaluating the accuracy of noninvasive methods for diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis in adult Egyptian patients with ch...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3323
Cellulose is an abundant natural biopolymer on earth and most dominating Agricultural waste. This cellulosic biomass is a renewable and abundant resource with great potential for bioconversion to value-added bioproducts. It can be degraded by cellulase produced by cellulolytic ba...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2367
Aims: This study was undertaken to assess the influence of seed treatment (soaking in water) on nutritional and microbiological composition of two cowpea cultivars. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Food Biochemistry and Tropical Products Technology, and the laboratory o...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2511
The effects of food hazards have been felt in various forms over the years by consumers globally. This study attempts to assess and evaluate pertinent hazards inherent in the local production of wara (West African soft cheese) which is traditionally produced in small scale by Ful...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3147
Four brands of yogurt sold by street vendors in Onitsha Metropolis, Anambra State, Eastern Nigeriia were sampled, the pH was determined and microbiological assessments were conducted in order to ascertain the total heterotrophic bacteria, coliforms and yeast in the samples (A – D...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/1801
Although inhibitory mechanisms that safeguard cells against DNA damages occur in all cells, genetic instability is widely present throughout living world. Some well known viruses cause alterations in host genome, leading to the formation of malignant transformations. Throughout t...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2736
Aim: To determine the common genotypes of Giardia duodenalis causing diarrhea in the study region and to assess the extent of genetic polymorphism among them. Study Design: Stool samples were collected from the patients attending IDBG Hospital, Kolkata with diarrheal complaints t...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2812
Aims: To determine the anti-cytotoxic effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) against extracellular and intracellular Clostridium difficile toxins. Study Design: Co-culture system. Place and Duration of Study: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3068
Aim: Objective of this study was to examine farnesol sensitivity of yeast to hyphae dimorphism in clinical isolates of Candida albicans. Study Design: Variations in virulence attributes contribute to variations in pathogenicity of C. albicans. Ability to switch from yeast to hyph...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2939
Aims: In hospitals, surfaces are often colonized by potentially pathogenic micro organisms which can remain alive for long periods of time, thus playing a major role in hospital-acquired infections. One way to overcome this drawback could be to use disinfectants with long-term ac...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2761
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major worldwide public health problem with over 8.8 million newly diagnosed cases in 2010. Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who are on hemodialysis (HD) have a significantly higher incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infecti...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2926
Aims: To characterise the diversity, genotypic and phenotypic properties of coagulase negative and coagulase positive staphylococci from camel milk. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Swiss Federal...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2896
Aims: To investigate the presence of the staphylococcal enterotoxin genes seg, seh and sei among clinical and nasal isolates. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Biology and Biotechnology, An-Najah N. University, Palestine, in 2011. Methodology: A total 124 S. aureus isola...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2913
Aim: Considering the geographic expansion of Cryptococcus gattii, the aim of this study was to investigate hollows of living trees as a reservoir of C. gattii in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Place and Duration of the Study: In an urban quarter of Rio de Janeiro city, 80 samples of dec...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2682
Aim: This study investigated the microbiological, physicochemical and antinutritional properties of three varieties of fermenting melon seeds namely: Citrullus vulgaris (Schrad), Citrullus colocynthis (L) and Cucumeropsis mannii (Naud) for ogiri production. Methodology: Ogiri was...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/2337