Background: Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) is one of the major diseases of public health importance especially in prisons where case-finding rate has been low. The WHO established five facts of prisons PTB spread include: Prisons receive TB, Prisons concentrate TB, Prisons dissemin...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39305
Aims: Aim of the study was to detect resistance integrons involved in multidrug resistance phenotypes in Escherichia coli strains of porcine origin producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL). Study Design: Genotypic study. Place and Duration of Study: National Reference C...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39343
Aim: In vitro antibacterial activity and safety of aqueous, dichloromethane and methanolic extracts of Maesa lanceolata against the selected bacteria. Methods and Results: Efficacy of air-dried leaves roots, stem bark extracts from M. lanceolata and phytochemicals were determined...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39450
The biostability of used and fresh samples of Lenoil GTX 15W/40 synthetic motor oil and Lenoil GLX 20W/50 synthetic motor oil were examined to investigate potential biodeteriogens and the stability of synthetic crankcase oils to degradation by microbial isolates obtained from the...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39283
Studies on Tigernut-Ogi Incorporated into Basal Feed as a Potential Animal Growth Enhancer Using Wistar Albino Rats as Experimental Animal This study investigated the effect of using tigernut-ogi incorporated into basal feed as a potential animal growth enhancer. Tigernut-ogi in...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/38662
Potential of Microbial Solubilization of Rock Phosphate for Use in Sustainable Agriculture: Does Biochar Application Enhance Microbial Solubilization? The present study was carried out to investigate the strategies for microbial solubilization of Eppawala rock phosphate in Sri La...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/32544
Antiplasmodial Activities of Methanol Leaf Extract of Tithonia diversifolia, and It’s Toxicity Effect on Swiss Albino Mice Due the ceaseless use of plants in the treatment of diseases by indigenous people of various countries and continents, it is necessary to evaluate possible h...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/38996
Production and Optimization of Cellulase from Penicillium sp. Using Corn-cob and Pawpaw Fibre as Substrates Aim: This study reports the production and optimization of cellulase from Penicillium sp. using corn-cob (CC) and pawpaw fibre (PF) as substrates. Methods: Nine fungal isol...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39227
In vivo Prophylactic Evaluation of the Antiplasmodial Property of Ethanol and Hot Water Extracts of Milky Mushroom (Calocybe indica) Aims: Calocybe indica is commonly known as the milky mushroom and is one of the protein-rich mushrooms that have high medicinal property. Malaria i...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39198
Bacteriological Quality of Water in Meet Khamis Drinking Water Plant, Egypt: Detection of Bacterial Pathogens and Contamination Sources This study aims to evaluating the bacteriological quality of water in four areas. Locations under investigation were: (1) The River Nile water a...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/38782
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Chlorhexidine and Cetylpyridinium Chloride against a Mixture of Two Species of Oral Streptococci Background and Objectives: Although bacteria in plaques are present as a mixed population comprising various species, mechanisms underlying differe...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/38780
Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the major bacteria pathogens implicated in hospital and community-associated infections. Aim: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and multidrug-resistant (MDR) pattern of Methicillin-resistant S. au...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39020
Karine M. K. Gba, Nathalie K. Guessennd, Nicole P. Nieko Dangui Makaya, Eric J. Tahou, Fernique Konan & Simon-Pierre A. N’guetta·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2018
Metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa has emerged as a threat to hospital infection control, due to its ability of multi-drug resistance. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of MBL producing P. aeruginosa in an Abidjan Hospital, Côte d'I...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/38792
This study aims to determine the antimicrobial activity of different brand of commercially available toothpaste in Malaysian outlet, namely Colgate-Total, Mu’min, Tesco and Safi against selected oral microbiome. All the different toothpastes brand were tested for their antimicrob...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/38682
Field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect foliar spray of aqueous extracts of Datura stramonium, Ricinus communis and Jatropha gossypifolia at three concentrations (65 50 and 30%) on cowpea anthracnose disease caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in sole cowpea and...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/38156