Invasive bacteria isolates from children with severe infections in a Nigerian hospital.

Background: Little information is available about the aetiology and epidemiology of serious bacterial infections in Nigeria. This study determined bacterial isolates from blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of children presenting in the emergency room of a teaching hospital in Nigeria.

Method: From October 2005 to December 2006, children aged two to 60 months presenting with signs of acute systemic infections were recruited.

Effectiveness of dried Carica papaya seeds against human intestinal parasitosis: a pilot study.

The tropical fruit Carica papaya and its seeds have proven antihelminthic and anti-amoebic activities. To determine the effectiveness of air-dried C. papaya seeds on human intestinal parasitosis, 60 asymptomatic Nigerian children with stool microscopic evidence of intestinal parasites received immediate doses (20 mL) of either an elixir composed with air-dried C.