| pathogens and antibiotic susceptibility profiles in the urinary tract. | of 2,780 specimens of midstream urine (msu) collected from patients of medical out-patient unit of lagos university teaching hospital (luth), and examined between march 1989 and february 1990, 780 (28.1%) had bacterial colony counts greater than 100,000 per ml. the commonest pathogens were e. coli, klebsiella aerogenes, proteus mirabilis, pseudomonas aeruginosa. 9.8% of the infections were caused by gram-positive bacteria while 6.0% were due to the fungus, candida albicans and candida species. | 1992 | 1473516 |
| bacterial flora of burn wounds in lagos, nigeria: a prospective study. | a prospective study of burn wound sepsis was carried out on 31 consecutive patients with fresh burns. wound swab cultures were assessed at weekly intervals for 5 weeks. the study revealed that while 96.7 per cent of burn wounds were sterile on admission, bacterial colonization reached 80.6 per cent within the first week after admission. although the gram-negative organisms, as a group, were more predominant, staph. aureus (38.2 per cent) was the most prevalent organism in the first week. it was ... | 1992 | 1489492 |
| prevalence, antimicrobial properties and beta-lactamase production of haemolytic enterobacteria in patients with diarrhoea and urinary tract infections in legos, nigeria. | to determine the prevalence, antimicrobial properties and beta-lactamase production of haemolytic enterobacteria in patients with diarrhoea and urinary tract infections in lagos, nigeria. | 1996 | 8771935 |
| contamination levels of in-use disinfectants in a teaching hospital in lagos, nigeria. | in-use testing of the disinfectants; hibitane (5% w/v chlorhexidinegluconate), hibiscrub (4% w/v chlorhexidinegluconate), savlon (3% w/v chlorhexidine/cetrimide), hydrogen peroxide (6% w/v hydrogen peroxide with stabilizer) and a common household bleach jik (3.5% w/v sodium hypochlorite), was carried out over a two-month period at a university teaching hospital in nigeria. contamination levels were high with 82 (63.1%) of the 130 in-use disinfectants contaminated. however, a few of the stock sol ... | 2002 | 12518903 |
| aetiology of catheter-associated bacteriuria in lagos university teaching hospital. | a prospective study to determine the causative agents of catheter-related bacteriuria was carried out on 99 patients with median age of 55 years, on admission in the oncology, paediatric surgery and obstetric and gynaecology wards of the lagos university teaching hospital. there was significant bacteriuria in seventy-one (72%) of the 99 urine samples. all catheter urine samples were contaminated by day 5 gram-negative bacilli were predominant (89.3%) of which pseudomonas aeruginosa (26.2%) was t ... | 2005 | 15997255 |
| incidence of postoperative eye infections in a private eye hospital in lagos, nigeria. | there is a dearth of information on postoperative eye infections in nigeria and most hospitals do not have an infection control program in place. | 2010 | 21033323 |
| chronic ulcers in ikeja-lagos, nigeria: an eighteen month review of infecting bacterial agents and susceptibility pattern. | chronic ulcers are an important cause of morbidity among surgical and medical patients. infection in ulcers may delay healing and cause septicemia resulting in mortality. microbial studies are important for the appropriate management of these ulcers. | 2016 | 27276754 |
| chronic ulcers in ikeja-lagos, nigeria: an eighteen month review of infecting bacterial agents and susceptibility pattern. | chronic ulcers are an important cause of morbidity among surgical and medical patients. infection in ulcers may delay healing and cause septicemia resulting in mortality. microbial studies are important for the appropriate management of these ulcers. | 2014 | 24579514 |