A total of 480 nasal samples from apparently healthy Nigerian students were collected aseptically and analyzed bacteriologically. Staphylococci recovered 432 (90%) the subjects, constituting 288 (66.7%) 144 (33.3%) S. aureus epidermidis respectively. The in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility testing using disc diffusion technique showed high multiple resistance to most commonly used antibiotics by...

Novel polystrene-bound Schiff bases and their Pt(IV) complexes have been prepared from condensation reaction of polystyrene-A-NH2 with 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde and 5-fluoro-3bromo-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde. The structures of Pt(IV) complexes with polystyrene including Schiff bases have been determined by elemental analyses, magnetic susceptibility, IR, H-NMR, UV-vis, TG/DTA and AAS. The antibacterial ...

only two cases did results of swabbing correlate with tip culture (see Table). In both of these cases the organism was a coagulase-negative staphylococcus labeled Staphylococcus epidermis However, speciation was not performed and antibiotic susceptibilities were not determined fbr the isolates from entry-site swabbing. It is thus possible that these organisms represented different species or di...

Methanolic and aqueous extract of Pomegranate rind, seed and pith was evaluated for its antimicrobial activity against selected oral microorganisms like Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermis, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeuriginosa and Candida albicans. The oral pathogens were cultured in Mueller-hinton media and then paper disks containing the extracts at concentration of 4μg/m...

A new serotype of Staphylococcus hyicus exfoliative toxin (SHET), serotype B, was isolated from the culture filtrate of a plasmid-carrying strain of S. hyicus. The new SHET was purified by precipitation with 70% saturated ammonium sulfate, gel filtration on a Sephadex G-75 column, column chromatography on DEAE-Cellulofine A-500, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the antimicrobial activity and phytochemical screening of Carica papaya, Piper nigrum and Datura stramonium plant extracts. Ethanol and Methanol were used as the solvents for extraction. The antimicrobial activities of these plant extracts were tested against the drug resistant Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. The bacteria used i...

Background. Bullosis diabeticorum is a distinct, spontaneous, noninflammatory, and blistering condition of acral skin that is unique to diabetics. It is rare. Exact aetiopathogenesis is not known, but many attributed peripheral neuropathy as a potent risk factor, others hypothesized the role of trauma, UV light, and nephropathy. Aim. To present cases of bullosis diabeticorum following long-dist...

The glutamyl endopeptidase family of enzymes from staphylococci has been shown to be important virulence determinants of pathogenic family members, such as Staphylococcus aureus. Previous studies have identified the N-terminus and residues from positions 185-195 as potentially important regions that determine the activity of three members of the family. Cloning and sequencing of the new family ...

In this study, 217 edible nut samples have been investigated regarding Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). S. aureus was isolated in 26 (11.98%) samples, whereas CNS were isolated in 98 (45.16%) samples. Number of samples for different isolated CNS species was as follows: S. arlettae 19 (8.76%), S. saprophyticus 14 (6.45%), S. xylosus 12 (5.53%), S. epidermis 11 (5...