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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Chromolaena odorata Extract against Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infection in Ondo State, Nigeria

Anthony Okhonlaye Ojokoh, Olumide Mogaji & Bartholomew Saanu Adeleke · International Journal of Pathogen Research · 2018

Aim: This study is designed to isolate and identify the microorganisms associated with urinary tract infection in infected patients, determine the antimicrobial resistance pattern on the microbial isolates and the antimicrobial efficacy of solvents leaf extract of Chromolaena odo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i21213

Wastewater Collection and Transportation through Drainage Network- a Potential Threat to Biodiversity & Local Eco-system in Zanzibar Stone-town & Surroundings

Z. M. Abubakar, A. R. Rabia, A. M. Ussi, M. A. Bakar & R. A. Ali · International Journal of Pathogen Research · 2018

Waste water effluents voided in the coastal areas of Zanzibar are highly polluted posing a public health crisis. This cross-sectional study, carried out in September 2017, investigated bacterial load and physicochemical characteristics of the effluents discharged into coastal mar...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11210

Prevalence of Intestinal Helminthic Infections in Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Abeokuta, Nigeria

A. A. Adedotun, O. A. Awoyemi, J. A. Osiyemi, I. Popoola, A. A. Daramola & E. O. Osiyemi · International Journal of Pathogen Research · 2018

Intestinal infections during pregnancies are recorded with common factors which include prenatal mortality, poor nutritional status, impaired growth, low birth weight, anaemia and disease burden. It is one of the major public health problems in developing nations. This survey was...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11202

Microbiological Examination and Physicochemical Analysis of Estuary Water Used as a Point of Source Drinking Water

U. O. Edet, S. P. Antai, A. A. Brooks & A. D. Asitok · International Journal of Pathogen Research · 2018

Introduction: Access to potable water is a fundamental human right. However, this is hardly the case in the rural areas of oil producing communities of the Niger Delta. Aim of Study: The primary aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the physicochemical and microbiological q...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11194

Antibiotics Susceptibility Pattern and Plasmid Profile of Escherichia coli O157 Isolated from Fecal Samples of Apparently Healthy Children

D. E. Falowo, O. Oluyele & M. K. Oladunmoye · International Journal of Pathogen Research · 2018

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an enterohemorrhagic serotype of the bacterium Escherichia coli. It is a cause of severe colitis, bloody diarrhoea and Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) which is associated with life threatening systemic manifestations. This study was designed to investi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11188

Morphological and Molecular Identification of the Fungus Associated with Pink Disease of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L) in the Eastern Region of Ghana

F. G. Kwarteng, E. Cornelius, K. K. Acquah & E. K. Asare · International Journal of Pathogen Research · 2018

The Pink Disease is caused by the fungus Erythricium salmonicolor (Berk & Broome) Burdsall. It attacks broad hosts such as cocoa, coffee, citrus Eucalyptus spp. and Acasia spp. An outbreak of similar disease symptoms on cocoa trees in the Eastern region of Ghana has been a th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11161