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Early Puerperal Complications Following Emergency Caesarean Section

Jesmin Banu, Ferdousi Begum Flora, Sohana Siddika, Anjumman Ara Rita, Anjana Rani Ghosh & Rifat Binte Alam · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

Background: The puerperium is the period of adjustment after delivery when the anatomic and physiologic changes of pregnancy are reversed to the normal non pregnant state. There are so many complications in early puerperium which was predominant in surgical intervention. Due to l...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i111324

Assessment and Antibacterial Activities of Common Aerobic and Facultative Bacteria in Patients with Burn Wounds in Some Hospitals in Rivers State, Nigeria

HANSON, ASIKIYA HULDAH, AUSTIN OKWELLE & HORSFALL SELEIPIRI JEMINA · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

Burn wound infections are serious complications of burn injuries which if not treated on time can lead to systemic infections, sepsis and even loss of life. The aim of this study was to assess common and facultative bacteria in patientts with burn wounds in some Hospitals in Port...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i81284

HPV Infections among Women in the Community

Niokhor Ngobe SENE, Ousmane THIAM, Mba ElHadji Bambo DIAKHABY, Mouhamadou Mamoune NDIAYE, Mahamat Saleh Chérif ALI, Aïssatou Ahmet NIANG, Moustapha FALL, Habibou SARR, Assane Dieng, Mame Coumba DIARRA, Ngaisiry MBAYE, Hawa SY, Ajda Alimatou CISSE & Seynabou LO · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2025

This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study to determine the prevalence and risk factors for HPV infection in rural areas. A total of 62 women with a median age of 37 years were included, with a higher proportion of married women (96.8%). Genotypic detection was per...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2025/v35i61590

Assessment of Hepatitis B Vaccine Efficacy, Prevalence of Infection, and Risk Determinants among Expectant Mothers at Antenatal Care in Abyei, South Sudan

Ramzy Muorwel Matueny, Alfred Owino Odongo, Juma Joseph Nyamai & Joseph Muchiri · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

Background: The silent but deadly Hepatitis B virus (HBV) poses a threat to world health. Particularly in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), HBV is still underdiagnosed and not well controlled despite the availability of preventive measures like vaccines and antiviral medic...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i41217

Effect of Misuse of Antibiotics on Cytokine Patterns and Antibiogram of Bacteria Isolates from Surgical Site Infection in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

Ehiaghe, JI., Ogbebor, AO., Asiriuwa, I., Erhunmwunse, R.U., Ayanlere, KM., Amengialue, O.O, Ehiaghe F.A & Ogbodo, E.C. · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2025

Antibiotic resistance has emerged as a critical global health challenge, exacerbated by the widespread misuse and overuse of antibiotics. The aim of this research was geared to determine the pattern of multidrug resistance (MDR) isolates among patients with post-operative surgica...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i41216

Prevalence of Rotavirus Infection among Hospitalized Children Under Five Years of Age with Acute Diarrhea in Mogadishu, Somalia

Miski Abdullahi Roble, Yonis Abdullahi Ahmed Anshur, Amal Abdullahi Ali, Fardawsa Hassan Ahmed, Aisha Mohamed Adan, Naima Abukar Ali & Hamdi Abdullahi Roble · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2024

Introduction: Rotavirus is a leading cause of severe diarrhea in children under five worldwide, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality, especially in low-income countries. It is highly contagious, transmitted through contaminated hands and objects, and commonly causes h...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i111129

Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Chicken: A Public Health Concern

Ayowole Victor Atere & Femi Vincent Atere · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2024

Infection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been responsible for economic losses in younger birds. This research was designed to report and document multidrug resistant P. aeruginosa recovered from chicken during infection. Sixty-seven freshly dead chicken were used in this research,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2024/v34i71452

Evaluation of Candidal Species in Oral Submucous Fibrosis and Oral Lichen Planus: A Microbiological Study

Ashok Vikey & Astha Pusame · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2024

Background: Candida is opportunistic microorganisms in oral cavity, causes oral candidiasis. The presence of candida and subspecies in oral premalignant lesions may intensify the infection and transform pre malignant lesions into cancer. Objective: To isolate various types of can...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2024/v34i51444

Anaemia a Monitoring Tool for Helminth Infection

Onosakponome, Evelyn Orevaoghene, Nyenke Clement Ugochukwu, Ikpeama, Roseanne Adah, Ezenwaka, Chinonye. Oluchi & Enyinnaya Stella Ogbonnie · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2024

Helminthic infections also known as worm infections affect mostly the gastrointestinal tracts. They are caused by parasites known as helminths. The infection is capable of causing blood loss which often leads to anaemia. However the severity of anaemia is dependent on the intensi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i3993

Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of HIV+ and HIV- Tuberculosis Patients Followed and Treated at the Regional Hospital of Oyem, Northern Gabon: A Two-Year Retrospective Study

Cédric Sima Obiang, Thiéry Ndong Mba, Hilaire Kenguele Moundounga, Pelche Bertrand Owono Mezui, Arnaud Brice Pambo–Pambo, Joseph Privat Ondo & Louis-Clément Obame Engonga · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2022

Background: The objective of this study was to analyse the clinical characteristics of HIV+ and HIV- tuberculosis patients followed and  treated at the Oyem Regional Hospital Centre (ORHC). Materials and Methods: During this study conducted between January 2019 and December 2021,...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2022/v32i81335

Secondary Infertility in Port Harcourt: Pattern and Socio-Dermographic Relationship

Emmanuel Okwudil Oranu & Gregory Ifechukwude Oyiana · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Background: Secondary Infertility is viewed as a social stigma, especially in Nigeria, due to the high premium placed on procreation. Observation suggests that this condition is on the increase in our environment. Hence, the need to determine the pattern and the relationship betw...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i1130402

Mobile Phones of Healthcare Workers are Possible Source of Nosocomial Infections: Evidence from Asante-Mampong Municipal Government Hospital, Ghana

Denis Dekugmen Yar, Gyapong Francis, Kusi Roland, Opoku-Agyei Collins, Gadafi Iddrisu Balali, Richard Amankwah Kuffour & Emmanuel Effah-Yeboah · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2021

Background: The users of mobile phones often contaminate them with several microflorae including viruses, fungi, and bacteria via unhygienic conditions and habits making phones a breeding ground and a tool for the transmission of infections. This study examined microbial contamin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2021/v31i630327

Fungal Infections in Plateau State, Nigeria

L. U. Enurah, S. J. Shaibu, A. A. Bitrus, A. H. Momoh- Zekeri, L. H. Lombin & I. J. Barde · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2020

This paper describes a study carried out on people of different ages with various skin diseases who submitted themselves for examination and diagnoses at the Dermatophylosis Research Centre of the National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria. Samples of ski...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2020/v30i730240

Prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa’s Virulence Genes Isolated from Human Infection in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Clarisse Kouamé Elogne, AKA N’Guetta, Alain Yeo, Coulibaly N’golo David, Nathalie Guessennd, Jean Claude Anné, Tatianah Kangah Ngoran, Sofia Okpo Boyou, Adèle Kacou N’douba, Hortense Ketté & Mireille Dosso · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

The aim of this study was to evaluate the distribution of virulence genes among clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa and to compare these factors with the localisation of clinical infection and the serotypes. 151 isolates of P. aeruginosa were collected from various biological flui...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/44475