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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

Antibiogram of Klebsiella pneumoniae among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects Attending Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kano

Abdullahi Mas’ud & S. D. Salwa · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2018

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the antibiogram of Klebsiella pneumonia (K. pneumoniae) among pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) suspected patients attending IDH Kano, Kano metropolis, Nigeria. Study Design: The study is descriptive cross sectional study. Place and Duration o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/44507

Same-Day Diagnosis versus the Conventional ‘Spot-Morning-Spot’ Using Ziehl-Neelsen and Fluorescent Microscopy: A Cross-Sectional Study

Araya Masresha, Daniel Mekonen, Yosef Gashaw, Feker Asera & Chandrashekhar Unakal · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2018

Introduction: Diagnosis of spot-morning-spot (SMS) smear microscopy is inconvenient for patients, who have to make multiple visits to health facilities to submit multiple sputum specimens over two days and may visit also for an extra day to collect the result. Optimization of sme...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2018/34363