Bacterial isolates of blood cultures in patients with suspected septicaemia in Ilorin, Nigeria.

Periodic bacteriologic surveillance of blood cultures is a necessity. To determine currently prevalent bacterial pathogens of blood cultures in patients with suspected septicaemia in Ilorin. Nigeria.

Antibiotic disc sensitivity pattern of pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates obtained from clinical specimens in Ilorin, Nigeria.

The choice of antibiotics used for first line treatment of infectious disease depends largely on previously known antibiogram within a specified locality among other factors. Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates obtain from clinical specimen in Ilorin, Nigeria was studied over a 12 month period, starting from January 2003. A total of 102 isolates were recovered from various clinical specimens and their antibiotic sensitivity patterns were determined by disc diffusion method on antibiotic sensitivity agar (ASA).

Candida meningitis in a suspected immunosuppressive patient--a case report.

Meningitis due to fungal agents represents an AIDS-defining event and occurs typically with very low CD4+ lymphocyte count. Candida meningitis is still a rare clinical condition, although it is becoming frequently reported in the background of immune suppressive states such as: drug addicts, cancer patients, organ transplant recipients and HIV/AIDS patients. In this report we highlight a case of candida meningitis, in a 25- year old female patient.

Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ilorin, Nigeria.

Background: Nosocomial infections caused by methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus constitute significant epidemiologic problems. Defining an outbreak requires the use of rapid and highly discriminatory epidemiologic methods to determine the epidemic strains involved in such outbreak.

Study Design: A descriptive laboratory based surveillance study for MRSA was undertaken.

Diagnosis and Management of Chancroid in Nigeria.

There is a broad group of venereal disease that is referred to as the "Tropical Venereal Disease". They are so-called because they are most frequently seen in the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. Among them are conditions like chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV or climatic bubo) and granuloma inguinale (chronic venereal sores).