January 2008

Evaluation and guidelines for use of polymerase chain reaction-computer database homology comparison (PCR-CDHC) for detection and species determination of human pathogenic microsporidia

The potential for waterborne disease and zoonotic transmission of at least two species of human pathogenic microsporidia has heightened interest in clinical and environmental detection methods for these organisms. Detection using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by computer database homology comparison (CDHC) (PCR-CDHC) was reported previously by this research group. As a result, PCR-CDHC has been employed...

Author(s): Scot E. Dowd and Jeanette A. Thurston-Enriquez

January 2008

Antimicrobial resistant pattern of Escherichia coli from human clinical samples in Osogbo, south western Nigeria

We screened 211 clinical samples of which total of 135 Escherichia coliisolates from different human clinical specimens comprising urine, stool, wound swabs, high vaginal swabs, ear swabs and blood obtained from patients at Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. The isolated E. coli were screened for their antibiograms and plasmid profiles. Seven antimicrobial...

Author(s): Olowe O. A, Okanlawon B. M, Olowe R. A and Olayemi A. B