Isolation of Proteus mirabilis from Clinical Urogenital Specimens: A Study of the Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of 392 Consecutively Isolated Strains in Jos, Nigeria.

Antibacterial profile of fermented seed extracts of ricinus communis: findings from a preliminary analysis

“…The susceptibility of organisms such as Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus vulgaris to the unfermented extracts of R. communis could be of unique benefit especially in the present wide spate of high resistance currently exhibited by these organisms in the treatment of various infections (Jombo, et al, 2006;Jombo, et al, 2007a;and Jombo, et al, 2007b). Strains of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) commonly complicating post burns infections, which at present appear to be resistant to all the available antimicrobials could be tried against this extract in order to assess their usefulness in that regard (Amani, et al, 2003;and Christof, et al, 2000).…”

Sustaining Hand Hygiene and Sanitation Campaign in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Glowing Tribute to Ignaz Semmelweis

“…Many of these isolates may fail to be susceptible to all penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems as well as meropenems. [27][28][29][30][31][32] The present onslaught of methicillin/oxacillin and vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus and Streptococcus species from surgical site infections (SSIs) along with several other isolated cases of pan-drug resistant bacteria have all compounded the physicians' nightmare in the treatment of those infections. 33 Proper hand hygiene would reduce the spread of these dangerous agents by more than half and the concomitant morbidity associated with loss of man hours, the huge economic losses deployed to managing them, and, the mortalities associated which are unquantifiable.…”