A study on the prevalence of Salmonella species in Yola North Local Govt. area of Adamawa State, Nigeria.
| dc.creator | Midala, T. J, Agina, S. A., De, N | |
| dc.date | 2005 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-27T18:59:16Z | |
| dc.description | A total of three hundred stool samples collected from' one hundred and twenty six patients (attending Federal Medical Centre; Bamaiyi Hospital, Peace hospital, Yola Biomedics Laboratory and Beta Laboratory) and one hundred and seventy four volunteers (students of Daubeli Secondary School) were examined. Twenty of the samples analyzed were non-lactose fermenters and were subjected to serotyping. The results of the serotyping identified II S. typhi iso lates (3.7%), 3 S. paratyphi A isolates ( 1.0%) and 2 S. panttyphi l3 isolates (0 67°o) and -1 non- SalmoneliCI isolates. Antibiotic sensitivity test on the elevenS. tyrhi IStJiatcs sllOIIS that ge11tamicin has the highest ef"fica'c~ (90.9°-o) followed b; olloxacin (63.6%) and colistin sulfate (27 . 3'~o) t-cspcctl\cly. \"he el'lic~lcles ol· streptomycin. chloramphenicol and tetracycline ag llllst these isulatc'i 11 c1·e truund lJ I 0 o. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/5102/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/34404 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | The Biotechnology Society of Nigeria | |
| dc.subject | QH301 Biology | |
| dc.title | A study on the prevalence of Salmonella species in Yola North Local Govt. area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. | |
| dc.type | Article |
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