A STUDY OF SKIN SEPSIS AMONGST ABATTOIR WORKERS IN MONIYA, IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA.

Background: Skin sepsis is a pyodermal infection caused by Lancefield's group streptococci and . It is characterized by discolored and mottled skin, cellulitis, impetigo and multi-systemic collagen muscularitis and can be transmitted from person to person.

Objective: This study sampled the skin of consented abattoir workers in Moniya Ibadan, for clinical sepsis, with a view to establishing a causal relationship between the infection obtained and the abattoir workers examined.

Medicinal Plants with Potential Inhibitory Bioactive Compounds against Coronaviruses.

Medicinal plant is a major source of drug discovery for disease management. Over 85% of the population in Asia and in the Middle East use herbal medicine for disease management such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused by coronavirus. Infection from coronavirus is initiated by entry of the virus into a susceptible host cell.

EVALUATION OF SOME COMMERCIAL ANTIMICROBIAL OINTMENTS ON SELECTED BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL STRAINS OF CLINICAL IMPORTANCE.

Background: Antimicrobial ointments are topical products used for the treatment of common skin infections. Potency superiority between certain ointments and creams used in the treatment of skin infections has been a controversial subject among clinicians.

Objective: This study was carried out to investigate the activities of some antimicrobial ointments on selected bacteria and fungi of clinical importance that caused skin infections.