I. D. Ebuenyi

Comparison of Mantoux Reactivity in Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Adults and Controls in Yenagoa, Nigeria

P. O. Ikuabe, J. Jumbo, I. D. Ebuenyi & E. A. Solomon · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2017

Background: Tuberculin skin tests (TST) are long established screening methods for tuberculosis (TB). We aimed to compare Mantoux test (a TST) in smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis adults and control subjects. From January to December 2015, 131 patients with smear positive pul...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMMR/2017/34166

Antituberculosis Drug - Induced Elevation in Serum Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) Levels: A Comparison between Patients with and without HIV Seropositivity in Yenagoa, Nigeria

Peter Ogie Ikuabe, J. Jumbo, I. D. Ebuenyi, D. Ogoina & T. C. Harry · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2015

Introduction: The prevalence of rifampicin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide induced elevations in serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels were compared in a cohort of Nigerians with and without HIV seropositivity. Methods: Records of all the patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (2...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19448

Lower Lung Field Tuberculosis: Observation from Yenagoa, Nigeria

P. O. Ikuabe, J. Jumbo, I. D. Ebuenyi & Z. Ogoinja · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2014

Background: This study, undertaken in a major tertiary hospital in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, was designed to examine the incidence of lower lung field tuberculosis in HIV infected and uninfected patients, and in diabetic patients as well as their AFB status and outcome o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2015/13872