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Sexual and reproductive health practices among fresh female graduates in Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria

*¹Omobowale, O. C., ²Adebayo, A. M., and ³Omokhodion, F. O.

 [1]Rehabilitative and Social Medicine Unit, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

[2]Reproductive and Family Health Unit, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan⁠

[3]Occupational⁠ Health Unit, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

*Correspondence to: ocomobowale@com.ui.edu.ng; Tel: +2348023416855

 

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Background: Fresh graduates of tertiary institutions are at a stage in their lives characterized by searching, discovery, and sexual experimentation. They engage in high-risk sexual behaviours and poor reproductive health practices. The objective of this study is to assess the sexual and reproductive health practices of young female graduates and to highlight the factors associated with these practices. Continue reading “Sexual and reproductive health practices among fresh female graduates in Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria”

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Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with neonatal sepsis in the special care baby unit of a secondary healthcare facility in Katsina State, Nigeria

 

*1Bindawa, H. A., 2,3Abdulkadir, B., 2Rumah, H. M., and 4Samaila, A.

1College of Health Sciences and Technology, Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria    2Department of Microbiology, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria

3Medical Laboratory Science, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria

4Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Health Sciences,

Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Katsina State, Nigeria                            *Correspondence to: hafsatbindawa96@gmail.com

 

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Background: Neonatal sepsis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, with

Staphylococcus aureus being one of the leading causative organisms. The rising occurrence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains poses significant therapeutic challenges. This study aimed to determine the antibiotic resistance pattern and multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) index of S. aureus isolated from neonatal sepsis cases in the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) of a secondary healthcare facility in Katsina State, Nigeria. Continue reading “Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with neonatal sepsis in the special care baby unit of a secondary healthcare facility in Katsina State, Nigeria”

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Dual vanA/vanB gene-carrying vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An emerging threat from northeast Nigeria

*1Hamza, J. A., 2Garba, L., 2Yarma, A. A., 2Ibrahim, H. I., and 1Adamu, H.
1Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria 2Department of Microbiology, Gombe State University, Gombe, Nigeria *Correspondence to: jabirgsu@gsu.edu.ng, Te: +2347039306208

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Background: Vancomycin is an antibiotic of last resort for the treatment of multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus including methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA). The emergence of vancomycin resistant S. aureus (VRSA) is a major threat to global healthcare with devastating implications. In Nigeria, data on VRSA is scarce while the molecular characterization of the organism from Northeast region is nearly absent. This current is aim to detect vancomycin resistance among MRSA isolates from Gombe State, Nigeria, and identify the genetic determinants involved. Continue reading “Dual vanA/vanB gene-carrying vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: An emerging threat from northeast Nigeria”

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Molecular detection is not diagnosis: A caution for antifungal stewardship as PCR testing expands in African clinical microbiology laboratories

*1,2Okeke, P. C. U., 1,2Nwafia, I. N., and 1,2Emeribe, S. C. ¹Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria ²Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Nigeria *Correspondence to: princess.okeke@unn.edu.ng; Tel: +2348037117982; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2522-2416

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