Odiase, Edgar Onyeka, Olley Mitsan, Daniel Ohilebo Ugbomoiko, Theophilus Ogie Erameh, Ezekiel Dauda Gambo, Ofili Sandra Kanwulia, Muhammad Adamu Ibrahim & Paul Yiran Ntasin·South Asian Journal of Research in Microbiology·2023
Aim: The study aimed to ascertain the prevalence of tuberculosis among HIV-positive patients at the Federal Medical Center Asaba in Delta State, Nigeria. Study Design: This study engaged a cross-sectional study design to prevalence of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis among HIV Patients...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i2306
Medicinal plants are the basis for the development of numerous drugs, ensuring their effectiveness through pharmaceutical properties, from antimicrobial action to the treatment of infectious diseases. Thus, the present study aimed to carry out a survey of the species cultivated...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i2305
Aims: In this study, we assessed the effect of physicochemical properties of soils from different land use systems on the population of Actinomycetes. Study Design: A cross sectional survey design in line transect sampling was used in collection of samples from land use systems....
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i2304
K. M. Rashidul Islam Sakib, Sadia Islam, Shohanur Rahaman, Khaleda Ferdous, Md. Ashiqur Rahman, Md. Al-Amin Hossen, Md. Rashidul Islam & Adiatuj Jahan Rimu·South Asian Journal of Research in Microbiology·2023
Water that is free of disease-producing microorganisms and chemical substances harmful to health is called potable water. Drinking water quality has a microbiological and a physicochemical dimension. In public water supply systems, water should be disinfected. This observational...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i2302
Aim: The onerous threat of antimicrobial resistance to public health highlights the need for continuous research that will discover more potential medicinal plants that possess inhibitory potentials on bacteria especially those with multidrug-resistant qualities. Hence, this stud...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i2301
Aims: Bacterial infections pose a significant public health challenge, necessitating the search for new antimicrobial agents. This study investigated the antibacterial potential of Annona muricata (Linn.) leaf ethyl acetate extract against some bacterial pathogens. Study Design: ...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i1300
Methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus have been reported worldwide to emerge mostly in developing and developed countries. This study aimed at isolated and antibiotic resistance from nosocomial sources in Dalhatu Araf specialist Hospital, Lafia, Nigeria. A total of (200)...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i1299
Shisha smoke is becoming more prominent among adolescent which is known to be carcinogenic posing a serious threat to public health as well as the risk of pathogenic bacteria associated with the mouthpiece. This research is carried out to determine the prevalence and antibiogram...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i1298
Plague is a contagious disease caused by the zoonotic bacteria, (Yersinia pestis) but transmitted by fleas. It is found on rodents and their fleas. The most common ways for humans to contract plague are through handling a plague-infected animal or by getting bitten by a rodent fl...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i1297
Aims: Determination of antibacterial efficacy of aqueous, methanol, dichloromethane, and hexane extracts from Jeffreycia zeylanica leaves against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Methodology: Completely ballooned leaves of J. zeylanica were gat...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v16i1296
Yoghurt-like products has been produced from a blend of soybean, coconut and breadfruit extract in the ratio B20:C20:S60, B20:C30:S50, B30:C20:S50 and B30:C30:S40 using Lactobacillus acidophilus on the substrates. Two sets of yoghurt-like products from these composites blend was...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v15i4295
This study was conducted to determine the antimicrobial effect of Lactic acid bacteria on food-borne pathogens isolated from some fruits sold in Ibadan, Nigeria. Lactobacillus species isolated from healthy fruits include L. casei, L. brevis, L. desidosus, L. jenseni, Lactiplantib...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v15i4294
The microbiological quality of Rainwater and air of the market, hospital, and residential area was evaluated. Roof-harvested and direct rainwater samples were collected from the three aforementioned locations. The air quality was investigated using the plate sedimentation method....
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v15i4293
Sigatoka Disease (SD) represents the major pre-harvest fungal disease of banana and also appear as the major constraint of banana production. This diseaseis caused by two major pathogenic fungi, Pseudocercospora fijiensis and P. musicola. It provokes necrotic lesions on leaves an...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v15i4292
The study was aimed at evaluating metal tolerant and antibiotic resistant bacteria isolated from underground water around aged crude oil polluted site. Samples were collected from different locations around aged crude oil polluted site and control sample from an uncontaminated si...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2023/v15i4291