Aims: To highlight the observed features including socio-demographic, economic and biochemical characteristics seen among uncontrolled diabetic adults that should be areas of concern or focus by healthcare providers during the management of diabetes in the country. Also to perfor...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2015/18530
Aims: This study was carried out to determine the observed serological and significant epidemiological risk factors for dengue fever infection in a cross-section of the population in Trinidad and Tobago. Study Design: This was an observational cross sectional study. Place and Dur...
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Research Article10.9734/IJTDH/2018/43271
Aims: To document Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) infections prevalence, risk factors, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and evaluation of chromogenic plates in identifying VRE isolates in Trinidad and Tobago. Study Design: This was a cross sectional prospective observ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18531
Background: Detection of red blood cells antibodies is important for the diagnosis of autoimmune hemolytic anemia, hemolytic disease of newborn, pre-transfusion testing and other problems. The aim of this study was to use Staphylococcal protein A (SpA) and Streptococcal protein G...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2013/3616
Salmonella infection in bird species in Jamaica was studied. This revealed that very low prevalence of salmonellosis was found (0.32%). Salmonella Yeerongpilly (newly reported in the country) was isolated from a bird collected at a bird aviary. This study showed that there was th...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/5942