Objective:Human Parvovirus B19 is known to cause significant morbidity and mortality and among diverse patient population groups.Among patients with sickle all disease,who have high red cell turn over due to chronic h...Objective:Human Parvovirus B19 is known to cause significant morbidity and mortality and among diverse patient population groups.Among patients with sickle all disease,who have high red cell turn over due to chronic haemolysis,infection with parvovirus B19 can cause severe life threatening transient aplastic crisis.This study was conducted to determine the Seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 infection and to provide basic epidemiological data on parvovirus B19 infection among children with sickle cell anaemia in Jos,north central Nigeria.Methods: In a hospital based cross sectional survey,200 children aged 1-18 years confirmed to have sickle cell anaemia attending the paediatric sickle cell clinic of Jos university teaching hospital were studied.A questionnaire was designed to obtain basic socio-demographic information,& other relevant aspect of patients′ history.Blood samples were taken for anti parvo-virus B19 serology.Results: The over all prevalence rates of parvo-virus B19 immunoglobulin(IgG) and immunoglobulin(IgM) antibodies were 39.5% and 3.5% respectively,Conclusion: This study confirms that parvo-virus B19 infection is prevalent among children with sickle cell anaemia in Jos,North Central Nigeria.There is a need for further studies to fully evaluate the clinical impact of the infection on our sickle cell anaemia patients.展开更多
Objective:To determine the common bacterial causes of urinary tract infection and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern in AIDS patients versus non-AIDS patients.Methods:One thousand consecutive AIDS patients with s...Objective:To determine the common bacterial causes of urinary tract infection and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern in AIDS patients versus non-AIDS patients.Methods:One thousand consecutive AIDS patients with signs and symptoms of AIDS and non-AIDS patients (served as control) each on admission were recruited into the study between January 2005 to January 2008,in Federal Medical Center,Makurdi.Urine samples were collected with sterile universal bottles and analysed with appropriate laboratory methods and antibiotic susceptibility test was carried out by disk diffusion technique in accordance with National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards(NCCLS,now CLSI) criteria.The results were analysed using SPSS 11.0 statistical software.Results:Urine samples of AIDS patients with urinary infection had a more spectrum of micro-organisms including Candida organisms,Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.Ceftriaxone,Ceftazidime or Ciprofloxacin had a remarkably high anti-bacterial activity across the two study groups.A general resistance was recorded in ampicillin.tetracycline and co-trimoxazole.There was no significant difference in antibiotic susceptibility patterns between AIDS and non- AIDS patients(P】0.05).Conclusions:A reduction in unnecessary use of antibiotics as well as infection control should be encouraged in our health facilities.展开更多
文摘Objective:Human Parvovirus B19 is known to cause significant morbidity and mortality and among diverse patient population groups.Among patients with sickle all disease,who have high red cell turn over due to chronic haemolysis,infection with parvovirus B19 can cause severe life threatening transient aplastic crisis.This study was conducted to determine the Seroprevalence of parvovirus B19 infection and to provide basic epidemiological data on parvovirus B19 infection among children with sickle cell anaemia in Jos,north central Nigeria.Methods: In a hospital based cross sectional survey,200 children aged 1-18 years confirmed to have sickle cell anaemia attending the paediatric sickle cell clinic of Jos university teaching hospital were studied.A questionnaire was designed to obtain basic socio-demographic information,& other relevant aspect of patients′ history.Blood samples were taken for anti parvo-virus B19 serology.Results: The over all prevalence rates of parvo-virus B19 immunoglobulin(IgG) and immunoglobulin(IgM) antibodies were 39.5% and 3.5% respectively,Conclusion: This study confirms that parvo-virus B19 infection is prevalent among children with sickle cell anaemia in Jos,North Central Nigeria.There is a need for further studies to fully evaluate the clinical impact of the infection on our sickle cell anaemia patients.
文摘Objective:To determine the common bacterial causes of urinary tract infection and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern in AIDS patients versus non-AIDS patients.Methods:One thousand consecutive AIDS patients with signs and symptoms of AIDS and non-AIDS patients (served as control) each on admission were recruited into the study between January 2005 to January 2008,in Federal Medical Center,Makurdi.Urine samples were collected with sterile universal bottles and analysed with appropriate laboratory methods and antibiotic susceptibility test was carried out by disk diffusion technique in accordance with National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards(NCCLS,now CLSI) criteria.The results were analysed using SPSS 11.0 statistical software.Results:Urine samples of AIDS patients with urinary infection had a more spectrum of micro-organisms including Candida organisms,Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus.Ceftriaxone,Ceftazidime or Ciprofloxacin had a remarkably high anti-bacterial activity across the two study groups.A general resistance was recorded in ampicillin.tetracycline and co-trimoxazole.There was no significant difference in antibiotic susceptibility patterns between AIDS and non- AIDS patients(P】0.05).Conclusions:A reduction in unnecessary use of antibiotics as well as infection control should be encouraged in our health facilities.
