September 2013

DNA microarray-based detection of antibiotic resistance genes of human isolates of Escherichia coli in Nigeria

  Molecular epidemiology of human ecovariants of Escherichia coli from different regions of Nigeria were studied using their antibiotic susceptibility patterns, plasmid profile and DNA microarray techniques. E. coli was isolated using Eosin Methylene Blue agar (EMB) and identified by conventional microbiological technique. The isolates were tested against 14 antibiotics using the disc...

Author(s): Chijioke A. Nsofor, Christian U. Iroegbu, Douglas R. Call and Margaret A. Davies

September 2013

Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance of urinary tract isolated Esherichia coli from Omdurman Teaching Hospital in Sudan

  nfections caused by Escherichia coli have become a significant worldwide public health problem. The antibiotic resistance of E. coli isolated from the urine of patients of Omdurman Teaching Hospital, Sudan was investigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial sensitivity of all the non serotyped urinary isolated E. coli. The antibiotic sensitivity test was carried...

Author(s): Khalid A Abdelhalim and Abdelrahim M Ibrahim