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Bacteriological Evaluation of Indoor Air Quality in Some Selected Units at the University of Cape Coast Hospital in Ghana

Geoffrey Saah Botchway, Hubert Danquah Nyarko, Juliana Amoah & Emmanuel Birikorang · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2023

A hospital is an environment solely for diagnosing and treating patients. Contemporary research, however, reveals the possibility of users contracting diseases due to many factors, such as poor air quality. This research, therefore, delves into the critical indoor air quality ass...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2023/v33i11-121411

The Relationship of Knowledge, Practices, and Culture on Low Coverage of Exclusive Breastfeeding

Marniati, T. Alamsyah, Sufyan Anwar, Itza Mulyani & Enda Silvia Putri · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2023

Aims: The aims of this study was to analyze the influence of knowledge Practices and,Culture on the low coverage of exclusive breastfeeding. Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding is breastfeeding as early as possible after delivery, given without schedule, and not given other foo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2023/v21i9850

Bacteriological Assessment of Critical Areas in Three Selected Units in Jodhpur Dental College General Hospital, Jodhpur Rajasthan, India

H. S. Murjanatu, I. R. Maryam, A. Y. Ahmed, S. A. Saeed, P. R. Anam & L. D. Rogo · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2023

The hospital environment plays a crucial role in the chain of infection spread. Thus, there is need to attack the chain of infection at its weakest link as the most effective way in combating and/or preventing nosocomial infections. The study aims to assess the common aerobic pat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2023/v33i31368

Chronic Osteomyelitis among Children Attending Orthopedic Services at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital: Prevalence, Etiological Agents and Their Drug Susceptibility Patterns

Tayebwa Edson, Kisitu Kyengera, Baguma Andrew & Bazira Joel · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i530144

Evaluation of Xpert MTB/ RIF Assay for the Detection of Female Genital Tuberculosis in a Tertiary Care Center- A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Anjum Farhana, Danish Zahoor, Munazah Manzoor & Farhath Kanth · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2018

Aims: Female genital tuberculosis (FGTB) is a silent disease and patients may present with non-specific symptoms irrespective of disease severity and duration. It is a major cause of severe tubal disease leading to infertility. A high degree of suspicion is required for its diagn...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/39636

Investigation of Astaxanthin Production from Yeast Rhodosporidium sp.

Khanh-Trang Le Vu, Hong-Trieu Vo Thi & Dai-Nghiep Ngo · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Aims: Astaxanthin, especially natural astaxanthin, is a powerful antioxidant, which is used as a nutraceutical and a common coloring agent in aquaculture. The present study was carried out to investigate the ability of astaxanthin production from the red yeast Rhodosporidium sp....

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19368

An Appraisal of Introduced African Catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822) in India: Invasion and Risks

A. K. Singh, Abubakar Ansari, Sharad C. Srivastava & Vinoy Kumar Shrivastava · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Production trend, food and feeding, reproduction and distribution of clandestinely introduced African catfish Clarias gariepinus was studied in 419 grow out ponds. Hybrid African catfish was found more popular owing to its fast growth and because of recycling it with chicken and...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2015/13375

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Escherichia coli Recovered from Feces of Young Healthy Domestic Pigs in Grenada, West Indies

Victor A. Amadi, Vanessa Matthew-Belmar, Keshaw Tiwari, Erica Brathwaite, Ravindra Sharma & Harry Hariharan · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2014

Aim: To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of E. coli isolates of porcine origin in Grenada, West Indies. Study Design: During the period of May to July, 2014, rectal swab samples were collected from pigs of six weeks to 12 week of age, from randomly selected sma...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/14071

In-vitro Effect of Iron on the Growth Density of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Drug Susceptibility Testing

Rasheeda H. Abdalla, Ali M. S. Eleragi, Salaheddin O. Hassan, Nuha Y. Ibrahim & Mohamed S. El Sanousi · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2014

This work was carried out to study the effect of iron on the growth density of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as well as drug susceptibility testing. Fifty two smear-positive acid fast bacilli out of 100 sputum specimens were obtained from patients who were referred to National Healt...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7049