Background: Injectable liquid medications are provided in either single or multiple dose vials for parenteral administration under the appropriate aseptic conditions. These vials are prone to bacterial contamination ...

Background: Otitis media is the main cause of deafness and hearing impairment and the most common reason for children to visit a medical practitioner. Objective: Determination of bacterial etiology of otitis media and ...

Background: Neonatal sepsis (NS) is a potentially deadly and life-threatening condition that arises from an unregulated host response to a systemic infection within the first 28 days of life in the newborn. Understanding ...

Background: Bacterial conjunctivitis is a common ocular infection in Ethiopia with high ocular morbidity and complications. Antimicrobial resistance to agents commonly used for infectious conjunctivitis makes it crucial ...

Introduction: Bacterial Infections of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) are common infections associated with significant morbidity and mortality. It is also one of the leading causes of illnesses that lead to frequent ...

Often, the quality of drinking/potable water has been a major health concern, particularly in developing countries, where 80% of the disease cases are attributed to inadequate sanitation and use of contaminated water. The ...

ABSTRACT Milk is a food that inherently favors the microbial growth. There are many sources of contamination of milk including the cows varied routes for the introduction of pathogens into milk preclude the production of ...

Background: Worldwide, possible serious bacterial infection causes about 600,000 neonatal deaths per year. Community based management of newborn possible serious bacterial infection when referral is not possible has been ...

Background: Tuberculosis causes ill health among millions of people each year which is the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease in the world wide. Intensifying TB screening and contact investigation ...