Background: Pregnant women are susceptible to vaginal candidiasis and maternal vulvovaginal candidiasis is a major risk factor for colonization and/or infection of the infant. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and antifungal patterns of albicans and non-al...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i630151
Background and Objective: The encumbrance of antimicrobial resistance worldwide is substantive and likely to rise without any appropriate treatment which has enhanced the urge for the development of either new antibiotics or adjuvant therapy with antibiotics. Thus, we aimed to st...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i630150
Since the food safety and the foodborne diseases are becoming a main health concern in developing countries, the aim of this study is to determine, in accordance with the specific international standards, the compliance of the main frozen imported fish and fresh chilled fishes ma...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i630149
Physicochemical and Bacteriological Parameters of Borehole and Hand dug well water of Michika town in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria and environs were assessed to determine their suitability or otherwise for drinking and domestic purposes. Ten (10) water...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i630148
Aims: To assess the quality of abattoir effluents discharged into water bodies in Owerri Municipal, Nigeria using microbiological and physicochemical approaches. Study Design: The study employed microbiological and physicochemical parameters to determine effluent and water quali...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i630147
Soil samples (sediments of stream, its bank and abattoir soil) were collected from Onyearugbulem market abattoir, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Bacteria were isolated from the above soil samples by dilution and pour plate methods. Screening for best bioflocculating bacteria was als...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i530146
Consumption of bread and other baked aerated wheat flour products has spurred the needs to determine the leavening ability of different brands of baker’s yeast used in bread production. In this study we assessed the leaving ability of different brands of baker’s yeast in producti...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i530145
Background: This cross-sectional study was conducted to determine prevalence, causative agents and their drug susceptibility patterns of chronic osteomyelitis children among 766 children attending orthopedic services at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital between October 2016 and...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i530144
Infections associated with Staphylococcus aureus have high mortality rate and lead to economic loss with a long stay in the hospital. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) is one of the major nosocomial pathogens which are acquired in the health care facilities. The objective o...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i530143
I. N. Nwachukwu, E. S. Amadi, U. C. Ogwo, S. I. Umeh, C. C. Opurum, E. C. Chinakwe, N. U. Nwaogwugu, I. E. Ochiagha, H. D. Ogbuagu & F. N. Ujowundu·Microbiology Research Journal International·2019
In Nigeria and many other developing countries of the world, the incidence of mycotoxin- contamination of foods and food products has attracted attention and stirred a lot of concern for food safety. This work aims at detection of aflatoxigenic and ochratoxigenic synthetic genes...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i530142