Corrigendum to "Prevalence, drug susceptibility pattern and associated factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among prisoners in western Arsi zonal prisons, Oromia, South West Ethiopia".

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Prevalence, drug-susceptibility pattern and associated factors of infection among prisoners in western Arsi zonal prisons, Oromia, South West Ethiopia.

Objectives: Each year, tuberculosis (TB) in prisons is a major worldwide health concern that results in millions of diseases. It is particularly prevalent in low socio-economic countries like Ethiopia because of the poverty, overcrowding, starvation, lack of access to basic healthcare services, and high prevalence of HIV infection in these countries.

Methods: A cross-sectional study with 259 prisoners was carried out in the western Arsi zonal prison from November to January 2021.

Prevalence of Shigella species and its drug resistance pattern in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Shigella species are a major cause of dysentery and may attribute for death worldwide. Currently antibiotic resistance became the critical challenges for management of infectious disease. The aim was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of Shigella species and its drug resistance pattern in Ethiopia.

Intestinal parasitic infections among children under five years of age presenting with diarrhoeal diseases to two public health facilities in Hawassa, South Ethiopia.

Background: Diarrhoea is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 years of age in developing countries, including Ethiopia. It is caused by a wide range of pathogens, including parasites, bacteria and viruses. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of infection with intestinal parasites (IPs) (and types) among children under 5 years of age with diarrhoeal diseases.

Prevalence of Shigella, Salmonella and Campylobacter species and their susceptibility patters among under five children with diarrhea in Hawassa town, south Ethiopia.

Background: Diarrhea is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in under-five children in developing countries including Ethiopia. Therefore, up-to-date data on etiologic agent and susceptibility pattern are important for the management of bacterial diarrhea in under-five children, which was the main objective of this study.

Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Hawassa Adare Hospital and Millennium Health Center from June 6 to October 28, 2011.