Patrick Eberechi Akpaka

Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci Infections in Trinidad and Tobago

Shivnarine Kissoon, Patrick Eberechi Akpaka & William Henry Swanston · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: To document Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) infections prevalence, risk factors, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and evaluation of chromogenic plates in identifying VRE isolates in Trinidad and Tobago. Study Design: This was a cross sectional prospective observ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18531

Salmonella Yeerongpilly in a Chinese Owl (Columba livia domestica) in Jamaica

Suzette Curtello, Angel Alberto Justiz Vaillant, Helen Asemota, Monica P. Smikle & Patrick Eberechi Akpaka · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2013

Salmonella infection in bird species in Jamaica was studied. This revealed that very low prevalence of salmonellosis was found (0.32%). Salmonella Yeerongpilly (newly reported in the country) was isolated from a bird collected at a bird aviary. This study showed that there was th...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5942