Helicobacter pylori is the major cause of gastritis and duodenitis, and is responsible for the majority of gastric and duodenal ulcers. It is thought that Hpylori may have a benign influence in the…
Aerotnonas species are gram-negative, mot i le, facultative anaerobic, rod shaped, oxidase positive bacteria or the recently assigned family Aeromonadaccae. The significance of Aerolllonas species …
As human life expectancy continues to increase, deleloping countries are reporting higher percentace of elderly in their respective population. The defense mechanisms of the elderly are reduced due…
Transport media for Shigella include buffered glycerol saline (BGS), and Cary-Blair (CB). However being a liquid medium BGS may leak or spill during transport and thus may cause contamination. The…
In the late 1992, a large epidemic of cholera-like disease due to a novel strain belongs to the non-01 serogroup of Vibrio cholerae broke out in the Southern Indian port city of Madras. The disease…