Background: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the major bacteria pathogens implicated in hospital and community-associated infections. Aim: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and multidrug-resistant (MDR) pattern of Methicillin-resistant S. au...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/39020
Karine M. K. Gba, Nathalie K. Guessennd, Nicole P. Nieko Dangui Makaya, Eric J. Tahou, Fernique Konan & Simon-Pierre A. N’guetta·Journal of Advances in Microbiology·2018
Metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa has emerged as a threat to hospital infection control, due to its ability of multi-drug resistance. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of MBL producing P. aeruginosa in an Abidjan Hospital, Côte d'I...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/38792
This study aims to determine the antimicrobial activity of different brand of commercially available toothpaste in Malaysian outlet, namely Colgate-Total, Mu’min, Tesco and Safi against selected oral microbiome. All the different toothpastes brand were tested for their antimicrob...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/38682
Field experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect foliar spray of aqueous extracts of Datura stramonium, Ricinus communis and Jatropha gossypifolia at three concentrations (65 50 and 30%) on cowpea anthracnose disease caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in sole cowpea and...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/38156
Botrytis cinerea is an important phytopathogenic fungus that causes diseases in wide range of hosts, including various fruits, vegetables and ornamental plants. In this study, infected bottle gourd was collected from the commercial farm of Wuhan, China to characterize the pathoge...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37110
Aims: To determine the effects of ampicillin on the relative abundance of the gut microbiota using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) metagenomics platform and to predict metabolic functions with bioinformatics suite. Methods: The subject who has taken no antibiotics for the past s...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/38867
This paper, points on the synoptic roles of nanotechnology in food industries which cover sectors such as food processing, encapsulation of nutraceuticals, food packaging, and food quality monitoring to enhance food safety and security. Nanotechnology refers to the engineering of...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/38175
Background: Herbal remedies are locally produced drugs usually made from plant sources. Due to their inexpensive nature, low-income individuals prefer them over modern antibiotics in the treatment of infections. Aims: The purpose of the current study was to determine the ability...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/37893
Evaluation of the Xpert® MTB/RIF Assay and Microscopy for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Xpert® MTB/RIF assay comparing to the acid-fast smear microscopy for diagnosing pulmona...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/38667
Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Adult Patients with Gastric Symptoms Attending Public Health and Diagnostic Institute, Northwest University Kano, Nigeria Infection with Helicobacter pylori has been recognized as global problem due to its high prevalence across the world,...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/38542