Screening of different extracts and fractions from the plant Bidens pilosa check for this species in other resources Linn. var. (Asteraceae) has been conducted using the in - vitro comet assay for anticancer and the antipyretic action; which was done with in - vivo models.The extract from whole plant was...
Background: Nearly all cultures from ancient times to the present day have used plants as a source of medicines.As a result; different remedies tended to develop in different parts of the world. Current strategies to overcome the global problem of antimicrobial resistance include research in finding new ...
Objective:To investigate the magnitude of mob justice and associated factors. Background: Mob justice is a social and public health problem that has grown in Tanzania in recent decades that has negative effects on social and health of the country; communities; and families. Materials and Methods:A four-y...
Background and Objectives: Fiberoptic endoscopy is a highly efficient diagnostic tool; which is now being increasingly used; in the pediatric age group.This study has been carried out to demonstrate indications for and common findings of endoscopy in children. Materials and Methods:We retrospectively rev...
Background: Malaria is a highly debilitating and frequently fatal disease of wide distribution. Improper drug storage and rampant selfmedication are some of the factors that may contribute to an increase in the development of drug resistance by malaria parasites towards antimalarials. Objectives: To dete...
Background:Tropical idiopathic lower limb gangrene (TILLG) is also known as Symmetrical gangrene in the African; Idiopathic gangrene in the African and Idiopathic peripheral gangrene of the tropics.The aetiopathogenesis of this clinical entity is a mystery. Objective: To review methods of diagnosing trop...
Background: Fetal hemoglobin has been implicated in the modulation of sickle cell crisis though it is functional during infancy. Objective:The purpose of this study was to determine the waning time of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) and its persistence in later life. Method: Ninety infants aged 0-12 months; admit...
Background: Neurologic infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality especially worldwide but much more in the African continent.The frequency of the different types of neurologic infections and their mortality in this part of Nigeria is not known. Objectives: To review cases admitted into...
Background: Medical establishment such as hospitals and research institutes generate sizable amount of hazardous waste. Health care workers; patients are at risk of acquiring infection from sharps and contamination of environment with multiple drug resistant microorganisms if wastes are not properly mana...
Background: Neonatal sepsis is a significant cause of neonatal mortality in developing countries. The aetiological agents and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns are dynamic.Objectives: This study determined clinical features, aetiology, antimicrobial susceptibility and clinical outcome of neonat...
