Aminu, A. I.

Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bayero University, Kano Nigeria.

2 Publications

Publications 2

Research Article Vol. 35, Issue 1

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Rifampicin Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Presumptive Patients in Kano State, Nigeria

Mohammad A.B^*, Ibrahim, A., Maifada A I, Balogun M S, Mohammed, Y., Fagge H S, Iliya S, Aminu, A. I., Mukhtar, M.D.

Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is an emerging problem of great importance to public health worldwide and together with multidrug-resistant TB causes higher mortality rates than drug sensitive tuberculosis. Data regarding drug-resistance and risk factors associated with rifampicin resistant from Kano are lacking. The study therefore, deter...

Jun, 2021 Vol. 35, Issue 1

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Research Article Vol. 34, Issue 1

Occurrence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex among inmates in Kurmawa Prison, Kano, Nigeria

Chado, Y, M.^*, Aminu, A. I.

The occurrence of Tuberculosis (TB) in prisons is a major public health threat in Nigeria, where inadequate TB screening generates poor data of the infection. The study was aimed to determine the occurrence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among inmates in Kurmawa prison, Kano, Nigeria. A cross- sectional study was conducted among 150 inmates and s...

Jun, 2020 Vol. 34, Issue 1

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