Publications by authors named "G Obasikene"
Introduction: beta-lactamase-producing bacteria, especially extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producers have strong clinical relevance and have been implicated in chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) treatment failures. This study aimed to determine the frequency, antibiogram, and molecular characteristics of ESBL-producing gram-negative bacterial (GNB) pathogens isolated from patients with CSOM.
Methods: three hundred (300) ear swab samples collected from patients with active CSOM were analysed using standard microbiological techniques.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a significant health problem among adults and children globally, resulting in decreased quality of life and increased costs of healthcare. For optimal clinical care, primary care physicians should be familiar with OSA and confident in their ability to screen, diagnose, and manage this condition. To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary care physicians in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa regarding OSA in adults and children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: HIV infection, a multi systemic disease has been identified as one of the causes of hearing loss in man.
Objectives: To compare the effect of HIV infection on the middle ear dynamics of HIV infected and non-HIV infected individuals using tympanometry.
Design: A prospective cross sectional study.
Background: Progeria is a rare fatal genetic condition characterized by an appearance of accelerated aging in children. It has an incidence of 1 in 8 million and results from a mutation of the LMNA gene causing nuclear instability. Clinical diagnosis is based on recognition of common clinical features and definitive diagnosis is by identifying the mutation in the LMNA gene.
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