Background: The laid protocols by CDC (center for disease control) narrated the dire need of local anti-biograms. Therefore the current study had been planned to acquire the knowledge about sensitivity pattern of various isolates in different specimens. Objectives: To identify th...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23795
Aims: This research was conducted with the objective to evaluate amylolytic potential of lactic acid bacteria isolated from wet milled cereals, cassava flour and fruits. Methodology: Strains of lactic acid bacteria were isolated from food samples and screened for amylolytic poten...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24509
Aims: This study aimed to investigate colonization, molecular detection, and virulence characteristics of Candida species isolated from young adults who smoke cigarettes and Narghile. Methodology: A total of 238 young males and females which were recruited from the Jordan univers...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24245
Aims: Food safety is a complex issue, where animal proteins such as meats, meat products, and fish and fishery products are generally regarded as high risk commodity with pathogenic microrganisms. The present study was conducted to evaluate microbial contamination of beef meat pr...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23391
Aims: To study the effect of bacteriocinogenic Pediococcus pentosaceus IO1 strain and its bacteriocin on the growth performance and intestinal microbiota composition of male albino rats, using faeces as a surrogate. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Federal...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24074
Aim: To study the role of Serum total IgE, serum allergen-specific IgE and Absolute eosinophil count in demonstrating sensitization to various allergens in common atopic disorders. Materials and Methods: A total of sixty one cases with history of atopy in the form of allergic rh...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23105
The research was conducted to determine the prevalence of canine parvovirus in dogs in Jos-North and South Local Government Areas of Plateau State. The prevalence in relation to sex, location, vaccination status, age and breed were evaluated. The samples for this research work we...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22813
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
Burn injury is a global public health problem with approximately 265,000 deaths annually. In India, over 1000,000 people are moderately or severely burnt every year and an annual mortality rate is 100,000 to 140,000. This study was aimed to identify and analyze the demographic as...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23746
The objective of this work was to isolate, characterize physiologically, and identify yeasts associated with foods from Assiut city, Egypt. Fifty-two colonies of yeasts associated with orange, mandarin, tomato, squash, sobia drink, mango juice, sugarcane juice, yogurt and butterm...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24170
Aim: To establish the occurrence of Listeria contamination of raw bovine milk and the contributory factors in Greater Luweero. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out during 2013; in Luweero, Nakaseke and Nakasongola districts, in Central Uganda. All the 16 milk collecti...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23027
Aims: This study was aimed to determine the predominant bacterial isolates and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns from ear discharge among children and adults in Yemen. Study Design: Prospective cross sectional. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medicine and Dep...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23629
Aims: With an escalating mortality rate reaching 50%, ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) continues to pose an enormous threat to ICU patients worldwide. Study Design: Prospective cohort study. Place and Duration: The study was conducted from March 2014 through February 2015 a...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24360
Investigation was carried out to assess the potential of some fungal species to tolerate and grow in biomassin vitro in the presence of some heavy metals (HMs) (Pb, Zn, Cr and Cd) from Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) effluent. This was done by subjecting all the...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22728
Aims: To study the prevalence of MDR and ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytocaand perform RAPD (Random amplified polymorphic DNA) by optimizing PCR among isolated ESBL producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. Place and Duration of Study: This study was done to asses...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/23376