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C S Bello

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PubMed1987

Levels of some complement components in azoospermic, oligospermic and normospermic Nigerian men.

The levels of complement components (C1q, C4, C3 and C3d) were measured in the sera of nine azoospermic Nigerian men and compared with those of 12 oligospermic and 19 normospermic Nigerian men. The mean values of C1q, C4, C3 and C3d for azoospermic men showed no significant difference from those obtained for the other men. Generally, the individual sera from the azoospermic men did not show abnormally lowered levels of any of the complement components when compared with values obtained for the normospermic group.

Autoimmune Diseases↗
PubMed1983

Sexually transmitted diseases in northern Nigeria. Five years' experience in a university teaching hospital clinic.

Between 1977 and 1981, 3089 patients attended the sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic in Zaria, northern Nigeria. The male-to-female ratio of attenders was 6:1. Postpubertal gonorrhoea accounted for 28.1% of cases, non-specific genital infections for 22.4%, and syphilis for 1.2%. Illiteracy, polygamy, the purdah system, widespread prostitution, and inadequate facilities are factors aiding the spread of these diseases in northern Nigeria.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1980

Resistogram typing of Shigella flexneri.

Fifty strains of Shigella flexneri from sporadic cases of bacillary dysentery were tested for their resistance to 7 antibacterial compounds. Sixteen combinations or results were obtained and these were used to form resistograms for the bacteria. The results agreed well with those of serotyping.

Dysentery, Bacillary↗
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Prevalence of salmonellae, shigellae and Plesiomonas shigelloides in dogs in Zaria, Nigeria.

The prevalence of salmonellae, shigellae and Plesiomonas shigelloides among 303 dogs in Zaria was determined. Salmonella serotypes including S. kofandoka, a new serotype, were recovered from three dogs giving a proportion of 1.0%. None of the dogs from which salmonellae were isolated was showing evidence of gastroenteritis at the time of presentation. Neither Shigella nor Plesiomonas shigelloides was isolated from any of the dogs.

Animals↗
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The aetiological agents of superficial cutaneous mycoses in Jos, Plateau State of Nigeria.

A survey of superficial skin mycoses was carried out among miners and office workers employed in different establishments in Jos, Nigeria. Mycotic infection was demonstrable by microscopy and culture in 45 (10.4%) subjects: 20 males and 25 females. Malassezia furfur was the predominant aetiological agent, followed by Candida albicans and Trichophyton soudanense. Other aetiological agents frequently recovered were T. rubrum., T. mentagrophytes., Microsporum audouinii and Trichosporon beigelii.

Adolescent↗
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Comparison of blood, bone marrow aspirate, stool and urine cultures in the diagnosis of enteric fever.

A total of 288 specimens made up of 84 specimens each of blood, stool, urine and 36 specimens of bone marrow aspirates were collected from enteric fever patients. The blood specimen was used for cultural diagnosis and malaria parasite (MP) test, while serum from the blood was screened by Widal test. The remaining specimens (bone marrow aspirate, stool and urine) were only used for cultural diagnosis, but their cultural diagnostic sensitivity were only calculated from the patients whose Widal tests were positive. The widal test showed that 21(25%) had significant reciprocal titre levels of > 80 and > 160 for O and H antigens respectively. Malaria parasites test also had 23(37.4%) cases positive with 1(4.4%) and 22(95.7%) of them positive and negative by widal test respectively. Stool, blood and bone marrow aspirate were 33%, 28.6% and 38.1% sensitive respectively, while the diagnostic sensitivity of urine was zero. In the diagnosis of enteric fever, it is suggested that the presumptive serology test (Widal) be carried out along with cultures from bone marrow aspirate and stool where the former is affordable and available. Malaria parasite microscopy should also be done because majority of the suspected enteric fevers may actually only be malaria fever in an environment like Nigeria which is endemic for the two diseases (malaria and typhoid fever).

Bacteriological Techniques↗
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Transmission of cytomegalovirus in the Gambia.

One hundred and seventy-eight Gambian women in their late 3rd trimester plus babies born to them, and later on some 11 randomly selected CMV positive and 11 CMV negative infants with their mothers and siblings, were examined serologically, and virologically for the evidence of cytomegalovirus infection with a view to determining who is infecting who and how, in this community. There was significant correlation between CMV positive infants and CMV infection in their siblings, whereas there was no such correlation between these infants and their CMV positive mothers. Children under five years excreted more CMV and for a longer time in all their samples than the corresponding samples and in all specimens from their mothers. Urine had the highest amount of CMV both in the children and adults. It is concluded that children were more likely to transmit CMV to the infants and that urine through bed-wetting, was the most likely route of such transmission in Gambia and probably also in West Africa.

Adult↗