Background: Human immunodeficiency virus is the public health issue that affects the health of an individual through reducing body’s immune system. Despite, antiretroviral therapy could reduce the transmission of human ...
Background: Helicobacter pylori infection is highly prevalent throughout the world which
causes gastric associated diseases. It is estimated that half of the world population is infected by
the bacterium. Moreover, ...
Background: Tonsillitis is the third most frequently diagnosed case in pediatrics medicine
arround the world. It cuases significant morbidity and loss of school work in children. The
emergence of drug resistance in ...
Background:- Despite bacterial ocular infection is a major public health problem in Ethiopia and empirical therapy with topical ophthalmic broad spectrum antibiotic formulations is a prevailing practice , there is dearth ...
Background: Asymptomatic malaria is commonly found in both high and low transmission settings. Since asymptomatic infection presents no overt sign and symptoms, they do not get clinical attention. In low transmission ...
Background: Health care associated infections also known as hospital acquired infections (HAIs), are infections that are not present (may be incubating) at the time of admission but acquired during the delivery of health ...
Background: Drug resistance is a daily issue for management of patients with bacterial ear
infection. Production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase enzyme becomes one of the mechanisms
of resistance to beta lactam ...
Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is common during pregnancy due to hormonal
and anatomo-physiological changes that facilitate the growth and dissemination of bacteria
in the maternal urinary tract, which if ...
Background: Soil-transmitted helminths are parasitic worms that are widely distributed in the
tropical and subtropical regions. In Ethiopia, it has high and cause huge burden. Several soil
transmitted helminth species ...
Introduction: Dental caries is usually characterized by local demineralization of the hard tissues of the tooth, initially the dental enamel. The etiological microbial community of caries is diverse and contains facultative ...
Background: Intestinal parasites and Schistosoma mansoni infections adversely affect the health
of humans in many parts of the world especially in sub-Saharan Africa countries including
Ethiopia. Water, sanitation and ...
Background: Soil-transmitted helminths are common public health problems in Ethiopia
affecting all age groups. However, epidemiological studies and interventions primarily target
school age children, despite 44.6 million ...
Background: Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is one of the causes of
maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. It is associated with severe infections including
pneumonia, septicaemia, and ...
Background: Hospital environment, especially intensive care unit is a leading reservoir of most
nosocomial bacteria. Equipment and inanimate surfaces are among the most transmission vehicle
for nosocomial bacteria. This ...
Background: Streptococcus agalactiae also called Group B Streptococci (GBS) is the leading
cause of early onset neonatal sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis. However, there is no screening
practice of pregnant women for ...
Introduction: Early diagnosis and prompt treatment of cases is the main strategy in controlling malaria
in Ethiopia. Both capillary and venous blood has been equally used as sources of blood sample for the
diagnosis ...
Background: Malaria remains the most prevalent and fatal vector-borne disease in the world. In
Ethiopia, two-thirds of the population lives in areas at risk of malaria infection. The development
of drug resistance to ...
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is becoming a serious health problem worldwide. Gram
negative bacilli are emerged as resistant for carbapenem and this becomes worst,if they produce
carbapenemase. Additionally, the ...
Background: Chr oni c kidney disease is defi ned as ki dney da mage or gl omer ul ar filtrati on rat e
<60 mL/ mi n/ 1. 73 m2 f or 3 mont hs or more, irrespecti ve of t he cause. Accordi ng t he 2010 Gl obal
Bur den ...
Background: Birth asphyxia is a failure to initiate and sustain breathing at birth. Birth asphyxia
can lead to severe hypoxic organ damage to heart, lungs, liver, gut, kidneys, but brain damage is
the concern, because ...