Syed Arshi, Mohd Suhail, Talat Masoodi, Huma Majeed, Roomi Yousuf, Syed Khursheed, Muzaffar ., Amrish Kohli, Sumaira Qayoom & Afreen .·Microbiology Research Journal International·2019
Background: To determine the epidemiological characteristics, etiological profile, and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates from patients with primary septic arthritis at a university hospital. Methods: A retrospective study was performed between 2016 and 2017. A review of re...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/46152
Aim of the Work: The aim of this study was to identify aminoglycoside resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from cases of urinary tract infections in pediatrics and to evaluate the presence of 16S rRNA methylase genes including armA and rmtB genes in the isolate...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/46061
Aim: This study was conducted to isolate antibiotic producing fungi from poultry droppings. Place and Duration of Study: Poultry droppings were collected from poultry farms and markets within Ihiala Local Government Area, Anambra State between March 2017 and October 2017. Methodo...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/46183
Background: Human astroviruses are a leading cause of severe viral gastroenteritis and are responsible for at least 95% of nonbacterial gastroenteritis outbreaks throughout the world. Methods: Six hundred (600) diarrhoeic stools of children under 5 years were collected between Ma...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/42815
Background: S. aureus is a frequent cause of human infections and is one of the most important nosocomial pathogens. Widespread antimicrobial resistance has limited therapeutic choices to treat S. aureus infections. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus has continued to cause significa...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44939
Emerging infectious diseases are diseases with an incidence rate that increased in the past 20 years and could increase in the near future. There are two categories of infectious diseases namely; emerging and reemerging infectious diseases. As such, are diseases that are recogniz...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/39953
Otitis externa (OE) and Otitis media (OM) are two important diseases that affects a significant portion of the communinities in developing countries. The prevalance of otitis media and externa in Easthern Turkey, the proportion of the implicated bacteria that are Gram positive, a...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/45565
Fructophilic lactic acid bacteria have very unique biochemical characteristics when compared to other LAB in relation to their hexose sugar metabolism and utilization of oxygen. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify lactic acid bacteria from fresh fruits and determine...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44484
The short shelf life of locally processed ready-to-eat African walnut is a challenge limiting its utilisation. Pickling is an ancient traditional practice of preserving certain types of food. Therefore, the addition of organic acids to African walnut pickle is aimed at elongating...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/45226
Babatunde I. Aderiye, Richard O. Akinyeye, Adebisi Sulaimon, Olusola A. Oluwole, Fayokemi J. Kehinde, Oluwadamilola E. Ojo & Sunday O. Bamiteko·Microbiology Research Journal International·2019
Introduction: Polyethylene is the most commonly used synthetic plastic and is poorly degraded in natural environments, thus causing serious environmental problems. Aim of the Study: This study was designed to investigate the polyethylene degrading potentials of fungal strains rec...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/44851