Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology
Volume 3, Issue 1 (2013)
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Combined Antibacterial Effects of Honeybee (Apis mellifera) and Garlic (Allium sativum) Extracts against Standard and Clinical Pathogenic Bacteria
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Among natural antimicrobial substances, honey and garlic were widely used and investigated separately. But their synergistic antibacterial effect was not studied. The objective of this study was to investigate synergistic antimicrobial effect of combination of honey and garlic against pathogenic bacteria. The antimicrobial activity of mixture of honey and garlic, honey and garlic extract alone against Salmonella NCTC 8385, Listeria monocytogenes (ATCC …
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Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Amplification Method in Diagnosing Enteric Fever in Children
Abstract: The comparison of three detection methods (Widal test, Typhi dot and Nested PCR) for diagnosis of typhoid fever was done in laboratory where gold standard was either Widal positive or Typhi dot positive or both positive. A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) specific for Salmonella enteric serovar typhi was used for the detection of the pathogen in blood samples. Total 52 patients with clinical suspicion of typhoid fever were recruited …
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Pathogenesis, Treatment and Molecular Mechanisms for Development of Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB as well as Identification of MDR Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Tuberculosis (TB) is a medical, social, and economic disaster of huge magnitude in the world. Prevalence of TB has increased due to poverty, population growth, migration and a high number of TB cases in HIV positive individuals. High prevalence rate of M. tuberculosis strains with multidrug resistance (MDR) is a serious problem as global emergency. Strains of M. tuberculosis resistant to both …
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Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Laboratory Environment
Abstract: Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are widely distributed in the world and pose a major public health problem. It is one of the important organisms that are implicated in hospital acquired infections. These pathogens are responsible for morbidity and mortality especially in immunocompromised patients. In many, the organism is present as normal flora in healthy individuals. This study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of S. aureus and …
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