Isyaka M. Tom, E. B. Agbo, Umar A. Faruk, Muhammad M. Ibrahim, Askira M. Umoru, Jidda B. Umar, Abdullahi Aliyu & Ali B. Haruna·International Journal of Pathogen Research·2018
Aims: We analysed the prevalence of plasmid mediated multidrug resistance among Proteus spp isolated from wound infection patients attending healthcare centers in Maiduguri. Methodology: 320 wound swab samples were collected from August 2016 to June 2017, and investigated via mic...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i21245
Isyaka M. Tom, E. B. Agbo, Umar A. Faruk, Askira M. Umoru, Muhammad M. Ibrahim, Jidda B. Umar, Ali B. Haruna & Abdullahi Aliyu·International Journal of Pathogen Research·2018
Aims: To determine the infection rate and antibiogram of Proteus spp among hospitalised patients suffering from wound infection in Maiduguri. Methodology: A total of 320 wound swab samples were collected from August 2016 to June 2017, and processed via microscopy, culture and fu...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i21258
Aims: This study was carried out to analyze the plasmid profile of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated among catheterized patients attending the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Place of Study: Department of Medical Microbiology (Laboratory Section), Uni...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i21270
Histomonas meleagridis (Trichomonadida; Moncercomonadidae), an effective protozoan causing the disease known as "Karabaş Hastalığı" in Turkey. This parasite, which has a cosmopolitan spread in the world, is manifesting deaths of up to 100% in young turkeys. It is also found in ch...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i21237
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i21213
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11210
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11202
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11194
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11188
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...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i11161