Multidrug resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar typhi isolated from patients with typhoid fever complications in Lagos, NigeriaK O Akinyemi
Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, Ojo, P M B 1087, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
Public Health 119:321-7. 2005
..The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi in patients with pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO), and antimicrobial resistance in strains isolated from patients with S. typhi in Lagos, Nigeria...
A retrospective study of community-acquired Salmonella infections in patients attending public hospitals in Lagos, NigeriaKabiru Olusegun Akinyemi
Lagos State University, Ojo PMB 1087, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
J Infect Dev Ctries 6:387-95. 2012
..A retrospective cohort study on Salmonella-associated diseases (SADs) was conducted in 14 public hospitals across Lagos State, Nigeria, between 1999 and 2008...
Screening of crude extracts of six medicinal plants used in South-West Nigerian unorthodox medicine for anti-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus activityKabir O Akinyemi
Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, LASU Ojo P M B 1087, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
BMC Complement Altern Med 5:6. 2005
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Salmonellosis in Lagos, Nigeria: incidence of Plasmodium falciparum-associated co-infection, patterns of antimicrobial resistance, and emergence of reduced susceptibility to fluoroquinolonesKabir O Akinyemi
Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, Ojo PMB 1087, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
J Health Popul Nutr 25:351-8. 2007
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The potential role of mobile phones in the spread of bacterial infectionsKabir O Akinyemi
Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria
J Infect Dev Ctries 3:628-32. 2009
..Mobile phones are indispensable accessories both professionally and socially but they are frequently used in environments of high bacteria presence. This study determined the potential role of mobile phones in the dissemination of diseases...
Application of phage typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to analyse Salmonella enterica isolates from a suspected outbreak in Lagos, NigeriaKabiru Olusegun Akinyemi
Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, Ojo, PMB 1087, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
J Infect Dev Ctries 4:828-33. 2010
..In this study the possible source of an unprecedented upsurge of Salmonella-associated community gastroenteritis was traced using both phage-typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)...
Prevalence of multiple drug resistance and screening of enterotoxin (stn) gene in Salmonella enterica serovars from water sources in Lagos, NigeriaK O Akinyemi
Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, Ojo P M B 1087, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria
Public Health 125:65-71. 2011
..To determine the prevalence, antibiotic resistance and carriage of enterotoxin (stn) gene among strains of Salmonella isolated from water sources in Lagos...
Prevalence of multi-drug resistant Salmonella typhi among clinically diagnosed typhoid fever patients in Lagos, NigeriaK O Akinyemi
Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, Apapa, Nigeria
Z Naturforsch C 55:489-93. 2000
..No isolate showed resistance to ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin, however, nalidixic acid and gentamicin showed a moderate and appreciable inhibition to most of our isolates...
Screening of some medicinal plants used in south-west Nigerian traditional medicine for anti-Salmonella typhi activityK O Akinyemi
Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria
J Herb Pharmacother 5:45-60. 2005
..All the six active plants showed positive reactions to alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids and anthraquinones but in variable degrees. All but M. balsamina, indicated the presence of saponin...