In this study, the authors document the characteristics of South Asian (SA) cerebrovascular patients. A retrospective medical record review comparing SA (n = 99) and European-American (n = 106) patients was performed. SA patients were younger and had a greater prevalence of diabetes, but lower prevalences of hyperlipidemia and tobacco use. SA patients experienced a 75% lower risk of cardiogenic infarctions, but a threefold increased risk of intracranial atherothrombosis. Risk factor modifications and secondary prevention strategies may differ for SA patients.
A total of 144 urethral swab (US) and high vaginal swab (HVS) were collected from patients in four different Hospitals in Port Harcourt: Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Braithwaite Memorial Hospital, Port Harcourt Investigation Centre and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Staff Clinic. Fifty-three (36.8%) samples were collected from males while 91 (63.2%) samples were collected from females. Forty-two (29.2%) yielded no growth. Sixty-four (62.7%) of the positive cultures were coagulase positive Staphylococcus aureus, 31 (30.4%) were Neisseria gonorrhea. and 7 (6.9%) were group B streptococcus. Staphylococcus aureus. maintained the highest penicillin resistance with 61 (95.3%) of them showing resistance. Twentytwo (71%) of N. gonorrhea showed resistance to penicillin while 3 (42.9%) of the group B streptococcus isolated were resistant to penicillin.
A total of 1015 single stool specimens were collected from under 5-year-old children suffering from diarrhoea, who were seen as out-patients or admitted into some of the hospitals in the former East Central State of Nigeria. These stools were investigated to determine the bacterial aetiology of their diseases. During the same period, 401 single stool specimens were collected from children under 5 years old, who were seen as out-patients or admitted into these hospitals with diagnosis other than diarrhoea, and also investigated for the presence of these bacteria. From the diarrhoea patients, enteropathogenic E. coli were detected in 12.0% (122/1015) of the children; Salmonella sp. in 3.1% (31/1015), Shigella sp. in 2.1% (21/1015), Campylobacter jejuni in 2.5% (25/1015), Yersinia enterocolitica in 0.4% (4/1015), Vibrio parahaemolyticus in 1.0% (10/1015) and Vibrio cholerae in 0.0% (0/1015). Thus, aetiologic agents were identified in 21.0% (213/1015) of all the diarrhoea cases enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Campylobacter jejuni were detected in 2.7% and 1.2% respectively of the control stools and swabs. All the Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates were Kanagawa positive.
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