Skeletal tuberculosis accounts for 1-3% of all tuberculosis cases and 10-11% of extra- pulmonary tuberculosis. Ankle and foot involvement presents in less than 5% of all skeletal tuberculosis. Primary tuberculous pyomyositis, bursitis, and tenosynovitis are rare and account for a...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37115
Aim: To produce alpha amylase by Bacillus subtilis using maize husk as substrate. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria between August 2016 and December 2016. Methodology: The proximate composition of the maize husk substrate was...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37137
Background: Blindness is and, apparently always has been, a problem in Egypt. Corneal blindness is a major public health problem in which; 1.5–2.0 million new cases of monocular blindness reported annually in developing countries is secondary to corneal ulceration. Bacterial kera...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37259
Kouakou Kouakou Victor, Fofie N'guessan Bra Yvette, Opkekon Aboua Thimotee, Yapi Houphouet Felix & Gbassi Komenan Gildas·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
The aim of this work was to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial activity of of aqueous and hydoethanolic extracts of the stem bark of Erytroxylum emarginatum commonly used by the Ivorian population to treat various infections. Bactericidal efficacy evaluated on strains such as Es...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/34439
Aims: To characterize archived nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) samples previously isolated from humans across Zimbabwe during the 2014 national tuberculosis survey. The rpoB gene of the isolates was targeted for characterization. Study Design: The research was an observational...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36783
The occurrence of bacterial isolates in fin-fishes (Clarias gariepinus and Coptodon guineensis) from the humic ecosystem of Eniong River, Akwa Ibom State was investigated. The results obtained from pour plate analysis showed that the fin-fishes contained bacterial contaminants. T...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36529
PCR amplification of V16S-rRNA, tox, tdh, trh was applied as a molecular typing approach to identify potentially toxigenic vibrio species. Thirty vibrio strains were isolated from several types of shellfish collected from Ismailia district, Egypt. Isolates were recognized by conv...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36875
The influence of bio-stimulants (Brewers Spent Grains - BSG) on hydrocarbon degradation of bacteria used in the remediation of oil-contaminated soil was evaluated using standard microbiological techniques. The result revealed that the test soil contained 2.0 x107cfu/g total heter...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36552
Okon, Ufokette Christopher, Umana, Senyene Idorenyin, O. K. Fatunla, N. O. Abiaobo & Essien, Joseph Peter·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2017
The bacterial contaminants and heavy metal accumulating potentials of fin-fishes (Synodontis obesus and Marcusenius senegalensis) from the humic ecosystem of Eniong River, Akwa Ibom State were investigated. The results obtained revealed that the bacterial loads varied with the ty...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36528
Aim: The search for new antimicrobials as a result of antibiotic failure has led to the development of new antibiotic scaffolds. In the African sub-continent, this has translated to exploration of her rich flora for potential leads. This work investigated the antimicrobial potent...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36869
The antibacterial potency and efficacy of alkaloid and saponin extracts from Solanum macrocapon (Garden egg) were investigated. The susceptibility of bacteria strains viz were Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa against the two extracts was determin...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/34488
Manganese peroxidase (MnP) was isolated and purified from T. harzianum. The free and immobilized enzyme was activated by thioglycolate and reduced glutathione (GSH). After treatment with thioglycolate, the Vmax values for the free, alginate-immobilized MnP (alginate-E) and chitos...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/36798
Fresh cut street vended watermelon and pawpaw was analyzed for possible contamination with Salmonella and Listeria species was understudied using standard microbiological techniques. A total of twenty samples, (10) of pawpaw and (10) of watermelon were obtained from four differen...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/34532
Accumulated evidences gathered over recent decades demonstrated that Baculoviruses (Occlusion body forming nucleopolyhedroviruses and the host specific granuloviruses) have proven Biocontrol activities on insect and pests of agricultural importance while being non-pathogenic to h...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/35927
Aim: To investigate the prevalence of Coagulase-positive Staphylococci colonization among diabetic patients with foot ulcers at Vihiga County Referral Hospital, Kenya. Study Design: This study employed a hospital based cross- sectional study design of diabetic patients with foot...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/32826