July 2016

Profile of bacterial and parasitic urinary infections in Saint Louis Senegal between 2000 and 2010

Infections of the urinary tract are important part of infectious diseases that mainly involve bacteria. In parasite endemic areas, bacterial and parasitic co-infections may occur, however in Saint-Louis region which is a Schistosoma-endemic area, little is known about this association. Here this study aim to investigate the spectrum of bacterial and parasitic urinary infections as well as co-infections with both...

Author(s): Seynabou L., Awa B. D., Oumarou F. D., Moustapha M., Makhtar C., Mamadou D., Rokhaya D., Mamadou L. D., Gérard C. D., Roughyatou K., Thérèse D., Babacar F. and Ahmad I. S.

July 2016

Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus from raw camel and goat milk from somali region of Ethiopia

The study was carried out with the aim to isolate Staphylococcus aureus from camel and goat raw milk and determine their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. 204 raw milk samples were collected from randomly selected lactating camels (n=62) and lactating goats (n=142) in live-stock producing pastoralists’ areas of Somali region for isolation and identification of S. aureus. Antibiotic susceptibility tests were...

Author(s): Befekadu Teshome, Genene Tefera, Bizuayehu Belete and Abebe Mekuria

July 2016

Role of bacteriological investigation of endotracheal aspirate in diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common complication of ventilatory support for patients with acute respiratory failure, currently related to high mortality rate. Therefore, this complication of mechanical ventilation requires a prompt diagnosis and adequate antibiotic treatment. The study aimed to investigate the role of endotracheal aspirate (ETA) surveillance cultures in identifying the aetiology of VAP...

Author(s): Enas A. Daef , Entsar H. Ahmed, M.Sh. Badawy, Hend M. Omar, Hamdy A. Mohamdien and Esam A. Moktar

July 2016

Isolation of heavy metal-resistant fungi from contaminated soil and co-culturing with rice seedlings

Environmental pollution from toxic heavy metals is a growing problem throughout the world due to the expansion of industrialisation. The use of microbes and biotechnological processes can provide alternative or complementary methods for the removal or recovery of heavy metals through bioremediation. The present study isolated, identified and characterised heavy metal-resistant fungi from cadmium- and...

Author(s): Ding Zili, Wu Jinping, Jiao Chunhai and Cao Cougui