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Plasmid Profile of Multidrug Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Wound Swabs from Hospital Patients in Akure, Nigeria

Akindele Peter Oluwayinka & Afolayan Cecilia Oladayo · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

A total of 347 clinical wound swabs were obtained in Ondo State Specialist Hospital. Isolated pure cultures of bacteria were subjected to various morphology and biochemical tests. The isolates were identified using Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Ten antibiotics (Oxoi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30973

Co-inheritance of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase Deficiency and Sickle Cell Traits in Sokoto Metropolis

I. Jelani, N. Garba, A. Zakariyya & S. Y. Isah · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Background: Transfusion from glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficient and Sickle cell traits (HbAS) blood constitute a major health burden and social challenge, especially to jaundiced neonate and sickle cell disease patient. Currently, routine screening of these two...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30243

The Correlation between Organizational Culture, Leadership Behavior, and Job Satisfaction: A Cross-sectional Study of General Hospital Nurses in Nigeria

Olumide Abiodun & Oluwatosin Olu-Abiodun · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Aims: This study assessed the correlation between organizational culture, leadership behavior and job satisfaction of Nurses. Background: Organizational culture means the beliefs and values that exist in an organization over time. Leadership behavior influences employees’ job sat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30450

Assessment of Serum Electrolytes in Hypothyroid Patients Attending Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital

L. B. Sapkota & S. Thapa · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Aims: The aim of present study was to find out the serum concentration of two important electrolytes Sodium and Potassium in hypothyroid patients and establish its relationship with thyroid function parameters. Study Design: Hospital based retrospective cross-sectional study. Pla...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30905

Sickle Cell Anaemia: A Prevalence Study among the Children Attending Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, North-Western Nigeria

N. M. Jiya, A. Umar, K. K. Ibrahim, K. Mohammed, O. Erhabor, A. S. Mainasara, M. A. Ndakotsu, A. Garba & A. U. Musa · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA) and other abnormal haemoglobin variants among the children attending the Paediatrics outpatients Department of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, North-Western of Nige...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30287

Factors Influencing Students Choice for Medical Laboratory Science as a Profession: A Case of Students at Usmanu Danfodiyo University (Udu), Sokoto, North-Western Nigeria

K. K. Ibrahim, A. Umar, K. Mohammed, A. Garba, M. Sanusi & O. M. Mohammed · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Aim: To examine factors influencing students’ choice for medical laboratory sciences as a Profession: A case at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, North-Western Nigeria. Study Design: This was a cross-sectional qualitative study designed to examine factors influencing students’...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29224

Nurses Attitude and Barriers toward Utilization of Standardized Nursing Language in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Abdurrahman Muhammad Sani & Suwaiba Sani · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Background: The use of standardized nursing language for nursing care documentation is a vital instrument to the nursing profession, patients care and nurses in general. Clinical information system requires standardized terms and definitions to help clinicians with documentation...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29433

Urine Analysis and Determination of Drug Sensitivity Pattern of Isolated Escherichia coli from Urinary Tract Infected Patients

Kaniz Fatema, Shamsun Nahar, Safirun Pervin, Ani Chakma, Mohammad Jakir Hossain, Sabrin Bashar & Tanzina Akter · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Urinary Tract Infections are one of the most common infections in medical practice. UTI is the common causes of complications, mortality, morbidity and economic loss especially in the developing countries like Bangladesh. Prediction of the agents causing UTI and knowledge of thei...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30197

Knowledge of HIV/AIDS Transmission and Partner Notification Rate among Antenatal Care Attendees in a Tertiary Hospital in Southeast Nigeria

N. C. Eze, B. I. Ituma & E. N. Ossai · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Aims: To assess knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and determine the level of partner notification among HIV positive antenatal care attendees in Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Nigeria. Study Design: A health facility based cross-sectional descriptive study.  Place and Dura...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29949

Antibacterial Activities of Streptomyces collinus and Streptomyces refuineus from Cocoa, Orange and Timber Plantation Soils in Akure Metropolis

F. O. Ekundayo & A. S. Faniomi · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Study was carried out to determine the antibacterial activities of Streptomyces from two plantation soils in Akure metropolis against some pathogenic bacteria. Purification of the Streptomyces filtrates was done by column chromatography using chloroform and methanol in the ratio...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30407

Comparison between Conventional Iron Chelating Medicine and Natural Iron Chelating Substance on Transfusion Dependent Thalassemia Patients - A Study from West Bengal, India

Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya & Ujjalendu Bikash Mondal · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Aims: The aim of this study was to find a harmless, cost effective and easy available iron chelating agent for blood transfusion dependent thalassemia patients who developed iron overload due to repeated blood transfusions and subsequent failure of vital organs and need a concomi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/29569

Age and Sex as Risk Factors for Lung Cancer in Setif Region - Algeria: Fuzzy Inference Modeling

S. Bouaoud, K. Bouharati, A. Mahnane, L. Kara, N. Boucena, S. Bouharati & M. Hamdi-Cherif · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

Aims: The risk factors for lung cancer are multiple. Smoking, Exposure to secondhand smoke, Exposure to radon gas, Exposure to asbestos and other carcinogens, Family history of lung cancer. However, what characterizes these factors is uncertainty and vagueness. Several analytical...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/30920

Various Health Care Providers’ Knowledge of the Partogram Use during Childbirth, at the Bamenda Health District, Cameroon

T. Y. N. Verla, M. M. Ojong-Alasia, J. D. Sama, E. N. Tumasang, J. C. Ndipowa & M. B. S. Atanga · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2017

In a state of affairs where the provision of care to the child birth process is not purely in the hands of educated and trained midwives, the competency in knowledge and application of midwifery tools may be inadequate and consequently affect the quality of care. One of these too...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2016/29488

Effects of Extracts of Anchomanes difformis on Female Sex Hormones: Preliminary Results

J. N. Egwurugwu, A. Nwafor, B. C. Chinko, K. C. Ugoeze, R. C. Uchefuna, M. C. Ohamaeme & M. C. Ebuenyi · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2016

This study assessed the effects of extracts of Anchomanes difformis on female sex hormones in albino wistar rats. Forty female albino wistar rats weighing between 150-200 g divided into five groups of eight rats each were used for the work that lasted for four weeks. Group 1, the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2016/30286

Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction versus Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay in the Diagnosis of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnant Women

Sulieman M. El Sanousi, Zakia A. Osman, Abdul Asalam B. S. Mohamed, Mansoor Shueai Al Awfi, Yaser H. Babair & Maher H. Babair · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2016

Background: Cytomegalovirus infection is endemic worldwide. Most frequently used methods for antibodies detection in developing world are enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. The polymerase chain reaction induces production of large amounts of specific deoxyribonucleic acid fragmen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2016/29717