MULTIDRUG RESISTANT MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA.

Background: There is a need to have regular updates from regions where high burden of tuberculosis (TB) have been reported in order to assist the local and global bodies in their objective to curtail the spread of drug resistant TB (DRTB). This study presents a situation report of DRTB in Adamawa State which has been identified as one of the States with high burden of TB in Nigeria.

Materials And Methods: Sputum culture in Lowenstein-Jensen Media, drug sensitivity tests and the GeneXpert MTB/Rif analysis were used in the identification and drug susceptibility studies of isolates obtained from forty TB patients who were enrolled from three selected hospitals with DOTS facilities in the State.

Pattern of pathogens from surgical wound infections in a Nigerian hospital and their antimicrobial susceptibility profiles.

Background: In surgical patients, infection is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. A prospective study to find the pattern of microorganisms responsible for post operative wound infections and their antibiotic susceptibility profile was therefore conducted.

Setting And Methods: Surgical wards in Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

The pathogenicity of Staphylococcus epidermidis on the intestinal organs of rats and mice: an experimental investigation.

Background: Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most frequently isolated species of the coagulase negative staphylococci from human stool. However, it is not clear how its presence in the gut affects the cellular structures and functions of this organ. In this study therefore, the pathogenicity of strains of S.

Diversity of antibiotic resistance genes and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec elements in faecal isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci from Nigeria.

Background: Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are opportunistic pathogens found as colonisers of the human gut. This study was carried out to examine the genetic resistance mechanisms in faecal isolates of CoNS. The study investigated 53 non-duplicate CoNS isolates obtained from the fresh stool samples of apparently healthy subjects in the community of Ile-Ife, South-Western Nigeria.

Susceptibility of community associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from faeces to antiseptics.

Introduction: The study aimed to investigate the resistance of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an indicator used in hospitals but isolated from faecal samples of children in the community, to commonly used antibiotics and antiseptic agents.

Methodology: S. aureus isolates were identified by phenotypic and genotypic techniques such as biochemical tests and polymerase chain reaction.