acute bronchiolitis in tropical africa: a hospital-based perspective in ibadan, nigeria. | in a 30-month prospective study of severe acute lower respiratory infections in hospitalized pre-school nigerian children, acute bronchiolitis was diagnosed in 67 cases; 19 (28.4%) and 2 (3.0%) of these had concomitant pneumonia or croup, respectively. the peak prevalence was in the wet (rainy) season (may-october). the male/female (m:f) ratio in infants < or = 6 months was 2.9:1, differing significantly from the 1.1:1 in older subjects (p = 0.04). none of the subjects had severe malnutrition. n ... | 1996 | 8905884 |
enterotoxigenicity and drug sensitivity of staphylococci from children aged five years and below with sporadic diarrhoea. | to investigate the incidence of enterotoxigenic strains of staphylococci in children aged five years and below suffering from sporadic diarrhoea and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern. | 2003 | 15018424 |
bacteriology of non-surgical wound infections in ibadan, nigeria. | previous studies done on wound infections in this environment had been mostly on the surgical variety rather than the non-surgical. however,few studies available on the non-surgical type have indicated that changes do occur in the pattern and antibiogram of the bacterial isolates of these non-surgical wound infections. this study was therefore designed to investigate the bacteriology of non-surgical wound infections in this environment. a retrospective review of seven hundred and fifty four case ... | 2008 | 18982819 |