Yunusa Thairu

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Haemophilus influenzae among Under-five Children Presenting at the Emergency Paediatric Unit (EPU) of Two Teaching Hospitals in Jos, Nigeria

Yunusa Thairu, Idris Abdullahi Nasiru & O. H. Kolade-Yunusa · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014

Background: Haemophilus influenzae meningitis is a leading cause of endemic bacterial meningitis in infants and under-five children globally. H. influenza infection is severe where vaccine is not routinely used and one-third to half of the children either dies or suffers permanen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2014/10806

Prevalence of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Antenatal Patients at University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Nigeria

Habiba Ibrahim Abdullahi, Richard A. Offiong, Teddy E. Agida & Yunusa Thairu · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Introduction: Urinary tract infections pathogens are common among pregnant women but the detection and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy will prevents urinary tract infection and its consequences in pregnancy. Therefore, this research set out to determine the pre...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/18857