Aims: This study investigated the phenotypic detection of extended spectrum beta-lactamase resistance of diarrheagenic E. coli isolated from diarrheic patients attending some major health facilities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiolo...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2019/v4i330108
R. H. Abimiku, Y. B. Ngwai, I. H. Nkene, B. E. Bassey, P. A. Tsaku, T. Ibrahim, S. C. Tama, D. Ishaleku & G. R. I. Pennap·International Journal of Pathogen Research·2019
Aims: This study investigated the molecular diversity and extended spectrum beta-lactamase resistance of diarrheagenic E. coli isolated from patients attending selected healthcare facilities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Nasa...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2019/v3i130084
Aims: This study investigates and reports the carriage of MRSA in students of some Secondary Schools in Jos South Local Government. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Molecular biology laboratory, Department of Microbiology, National Veterinary Rese...
Aims: This study investigated the antimicrobial resistance profile and quinolone resistance genes in Staphylococcus aureus from patients attending Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nigeria. Methodology: A total of 240 clinical samples which comprised of high vaginal swabs, endocervi...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2020/v6i330151
Aims: This study evaluated the presence of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and AmpC β-lactamase resistance genes in E. coli from stool of diarrheic children in some hospitals in Lafia metropolis, Nigeria. Methodology: A total of 70 stool samples of children were obtained fro...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2020/v7i330172
Objectives: The present study reports extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production in E. coli isolates from poultry droppings from selected poultry farms in Keffi, Nigeria. Methods: Seventy-five (75) samples of poultry droppings were collected, and E. coli was isolated usin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v15i430131
Aim: This study investigated antimicrobial resistance in E. coli recovered from urine of patients attending Nagari Allah Magani Hospital, Keffi, Nigeria. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Nasarawa State University, P.M.B. 1022, Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeri...
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Research Article10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/45728
Aims: This study investigated the antimicrobial resistance profile and extended spectrum beta-lactamase resistance genes of Escherichia coli isolated from droppings of from selected poultry farms in Nasarawa, Nigeria. Study Design: Investigative Place and Duration of Study: Depar...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2021/v8i230192
Aims: This study investigates and reports the production of extended spectrum beta-lactamase in Escherichia coli isolates in poultry droppings sourced from selected poultry farms in Karu, Nigeria Study Design: Cross sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Department of Micr...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpr/2021/v6i430169
Aims: This study investigated the production of biobutanol from pineapple peels using single and co-cultures of locally isolated strains of Clostridium acetobutylicum and Clostridium beijerinckii. Methodology: Soil samples were collected from ten different areas in Keffi. Clostri...
This study investigated the antimicrobial resistance profile and presence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes in Salmonella typhi from patients attending selected general hospitals in Abuja municipal, Nigeria. Four hundred stool samples from patients with suspec...
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Research Article10.9734/ajbgmb/2020/v4i230103
This study investigated the antimicrobial resistance profile of Escherichia coli from urine of patients with suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs) in selected general hospitals in Abuja Municipal, Nigeria. Four Hundred and Thirty urine samples were collected between September...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2018/v2i229745
Aim: The study was conducted to determine the presence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) among Escherichia coli isolates recovered from the urine of patients in Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Medical Services, Abuja, Nigeria using a phenotypic and molecular meth...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/43757
I. H. Nkene, Y. B. Ngwai, E. B. Bassey, G. R. I. Pennap, M. D. Makut, R. H. Abimiku, T. Ibrahim & P. A. Tsaku·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2019
Aims: This study investigated the antibiotic resistance profile of Escherichia coli from the urine of patients with suspected urinary tract infections in Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Sample was obtained...
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Research Article10.9734/jamb/2019/v18i130153
Aim: This study was designed to investigate the antimicrobial resistance profile of Salmonella Typhimurium isolated from commercial poultry and handlers in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Study Design: Investigative. Place and Duration of Study: Microbiology Laboratory, Nasarawa State U...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v28i430136