Introduction: - Wound infections are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Etiologic agents of wound infections vary with geographical locations. Pathogens that infect wounds can be part of normal flora or ...

Background:-Ocular infection is a major public health problem in developing countries. Bacteria and fungi associated with external ocular infection are responsible for increased incidence of morbidity and blindness ...

Background: As a result of the large influx of patients into the medical imaging department, the surfaces of equipment could represent a reservoir for pathological agents and source of transmission of infections to patients ...

Background: Bacterial meningitis is one of the most serious infectious diseases. The most frequent causes of meningitis are Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae. The infection ...

In Ethiopia, as most developing countries there. is little information on chronic suppurative otitis media. Thus, this study was conducted to establish the causative microorganisms in chronic suppurative otitis media ...

Back ground: Bloodstream infections are major health problems that lead to morbidity and mortality of patients unless treated with appropriate antimicrobial treatment. Drug resistance of bacterial pathogens is challenging ...

Background: Lower respiratory tract infections are the commonest health problem demanding frequent consultation and hospitalization. Moreover, in recent years, there has been dramatic rise in antibiotic resistance among ...

Introduction: Septicemia defined as the presence of bacteria in the blood and is often associated with severe infections. It causes great impact in terms of mortality, morbidity and increased in healthcare cost. There ...

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infections encountered and treated worldwide. UTI has been reported to be around four times higher in diabetics compared to non-diabetic patients. Since ...

One hundred samples of feeding-bottles were collected from infants and young children coming to four clinics in Addis Ababa, from November, 1996 to April, 1997. Information on sex, age, number of bottles used, educational ...