July 2018

Isolation of bacterial diversity present in medical waste and health care settings in hospitals in Kenya

Nosocomial infections have impacted great burden in healthcare system and has led to deteriorating health condition and deaths. This study characterizes medically important bacterial diversity, isolated from staff hands, hospital surfaces and wastes in healthcare settings in Kenya during a one year period. Descriptive cross sectional hospital based study design and simple random sampling method was used to collect 246...

Author(s): Susan Muthoni Maina, Andrew K. Nyerere and Caroline Wangari Ngugi  

July 2018

Fungal endophytes isolated from the leaves of a medicinal plant, Ocimum sanctum Linn and evaluation of their antimicrobial activities

The endophytic fungi isolated from leaves of Ocimum sanctum Linn. of different ages were examined for antimicrobial activity. The agar plug diffusion assay was used for primary screening. A total of 148 fungal endophytes were successfully isolated and cultured but only 134 of them (90.5%) exhibited inhibitory activity towards at least one test microorganisms. Moreover, the colonization rate indicated that the old leaves...

Author(s): Taufiq M. M. J. and Darah I.  

July 2018

Microbiological quality of fruit juices sold in cafes and restaurants of Shewarobit town, Amhara, Ethiopia

Fresh and unpasteurized fruit juice is common in restaurants, cafeteria, hotels and juice house of Ethiopian cities. Most fruit juices contain sufficient nutrients that could support microbial growth. The current investigation was carried out to investigate the microbiological quality and processing conditions of fruit juice vended in Shewarobit town. Purposive sampling technique was employed to collect sixteen fruit...

Author(s): Bulti Kumera Fufa and Melkam Dessalegn Liben