β-lactamase

Molecular Detection of Panton Valentine Leukocidine Gene among Beta-lactamase Producing Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Clinical Samples in Ondo State, Nigeria

C. O. Esan, O. M. David & O. Famurewa · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

Background: In recent time Staphylococcus aureus has been implicated not only in hospital-acquired but also in community-acquired infections. Some clonal types of S. aureus that produce   β-lactamase have evolved. Panton-Valentine leukocidine (pvl) gene among β-lactamase-producin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2016/18278

Plasmid Profile of Antibiotics Heteroresistant Escherichia coli Isolates from Diarrhoeic Children Attending Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria

A. Sani, P. M. Djauro, J. A. Onaolapo, Y. K. E. Ibrahim & H. W. Idris · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2015

In this study, 100 Escherichia coli (E. coli) isolates were obtained from the stool of 222 diarrhoeic children attending Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, Zaria. Out of the 100 isolates of E. coli obtained, five (5) were found to be heteroresistant to different an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17640

Multiple Antimicrobial Resistance in Vibrio spp Isolated from River and Aquaculture Water Sources in Imo State, Nigeria

C. I. Chikwendu, S. N. Ibe & G. C. Okpokwasili · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2014

Aim: To study multiple antimicrobial resistances in Vibrio spp. isolated from river and aquaculture water sources in Imo State Nigeria. Methodology: A total of 157 Vibrio isolates from river and aquaculture water sources were analysed for multiple antimicrobial resistance during...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2014/4896