Objective: To determine whether the presence of the resistance factors (plasmids and vanA genes) will negatively aid the susceptibility of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VREf) to medicinal plants. Materials and Methods: Standard methods were used for the isolation an...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2016/18279
Background: There are indications that some ready-to-eat or street vended foods are of low microbial quality with varying degree of contaminations. The contaminants may include antibiotic-resistant bacteria that may further be spread through consumption of such foods which has ep...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/7351
Background: Illnesses due to contaminated food, particularly food of animal origin, are perhaps the most widespread health problem in the contemporary world. Aims: To detect Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in food animals in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria and the possible risk...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2015/7352
Aim: The study characterized sesquiterpenes from the bark extracts of Piliostigma reticulatum and Cleistopholis patens and subsequently tested the extracts for their antibacterial activities. Methodology: Ground stem barks of P. reticulatum and C. patens were obtained and extract...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v27i530112
Background: In recent time Staphylococcus aureus has been implicated not only in hospital-acquired but also in community-acquired infections. Some clonal types of S. aureus that produce β-lactamase have evolved. Panton-Valentine leukocidine (pvl) gene among β-lactamase-producin...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/18278
Aims: The implication of Enterococcus faecalis in dental infections is rising and resistance to common antibiotics continues to rise globally as well. In this study, the association of E. faecalis with different forms of dental infections was investigated and the antibiotic resis...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2014/5024
Background: Enterococcus faecalis has intrinsic resistance which aids its spread in the hospital environment. As a nosocomial pathogen with increasing resistance breaking its route of transmission and spread is therefore imperative. Aims: In this study, six brands of disinfectant...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5025
Enterococci have continued to attract considerable importance and attention as pathogens of public health concern both in the hospital and environmental settings. Therefore epidemiological studies of these organisms are now a major research interest. Incidence of multiple antibio...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/7348
The antimicrobial activity of saponin extracted from Phyllanthus niruri was investigated on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was used to determine the structure spectra of the extracted purified saponin. The 13carbon NMR pre...
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Research Article10.9734/jocamr/2019/v7i130092
The in-vitro and in-vivo antifungal activities of saponin extracted from Phyllanthus niruri were investigated. The proximate composition of the plant determined using the methods of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists showed that the moisture, dry matter, crude protei...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2018/v1i329612
The potential health risk associated with consumption of ready-to-eat (RTE) food sold in food outlets in and around Ekiti State University was investigated using standard techniques. The microbiological analysis of 96 food samples obtained randomly from 6 food outlets for a perio...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23477