Papers by Alexander Mbeke
Diarrhoea diseases are the second leading cause of death among under five children. The situation... more Diarrhoea diseases are the second leading cause of death among under five children. The situation being worsened by emergence of multi-drug resistant enteric bacteria which are becoming a major global medical and public health problem. This study aimed at identifying the common diarrhoea causing bacteria, their antibiotic susceptibility patterns in under five children. With consent from parents or guardians, total of 196 under five children seeking between January to June 2016 were included in this study. Stool samples were collected and cultured required, followed by biochemical tests using standard procedures. Susceptibility tests were conducted using various conventional antibiotics. Of the total 63.8% children were from pediatric OPD and wards while 36.2% from pediatric emergency department. Participants comprised of 53.6% males and 46.4% females. Total of 21.9% enteric bacterial pathogens were identified, 12.8% of which were confirmed to be E. coli, 5.6% Shigella spp., and the ...
International Journal of Medicine and Public Health
Phycoremediation is defined as the effective process of removal or biotransformation of environme... more Phycoremediation is defined as the effective process of removal or biotransformation of environmental pollutants by use of algal species, Olguin (2003).The process is cheaper and a most effective remedial approach to remove excess nutrients in wastewater like phosphates and nitrates besides producing potentially valuable biomass (Sengar et al., 2011). Large-scale Abstract: Phycoremediation is an alternative way to remove nutrients and other contaminants from potentially polluted wastewater. The conventional treatment by physical and bacteriological processes results in a clear apparently clean effluent but heavily loaded with pollutants. The study set out to investigate the phycoremediation efficacy of Synechocystis salina in tea, coffee and sugar wastewater from Nandi, Bungoma and Kakamega counties.10ml of serial dilutes of pure S.salina in test tubes were mixed with 100ml of the wastewater in a beaker from the three types of waste water then incubated at 25 0 c and monitored for n...
Brucellosis is a disease caused by Brucella bacteria. The bacterium is coccobacillary in shape an... more Brucellosis is a disease caused by Brucella bacteria. The bacterium is coccobacillary in shape and gram-negative in staining. The Genus Brucella has six species namely Brucella melitensis; Brucella abortus; Brucella suis; Brucella canis; Brucella neotomae and Brucella ovis. It is a worldwide infection traditionally associated with particular occupations like farming, veterinarians and persons whose occupation involves milk and meat handling. Brucella bacteria are excreted in the milk of infected animals and can be transmitted to man by the ingestion of unpasteurized milk or dairy products such as cheese, butter, yoghurt and ice cream. (Baron; 1982) In E. Africa, in areas inhabited by pastoralist tribes, brucellosis is fairly prevalent. It only takes a foreigner to accept a drink of pasteurized milk in a local homestead to trigger a new infection Secondly. The bacteria can he passed to man through skin abrasions from directly handling of infected meat carcasses, manure or products of...
International Journal of Medicine and Public Health, 2021
Snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) ranks first among vegetables produced for the export market in ... more Snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) ranks first among vegetables produced for the export market in Kenya. All Snap beans were planted in different treatments containing various levels of Nitrogen of Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) Treatments T1-T2 had IgN,1.5gN, 2.0gN, 2.5gN, 5gN, 10gN and 15gN respectively while T8 was inoculated with Rhizobium. The control T9 lacked nitrogen. All were supplied with equal amounts of phosphorus fertilizer (5.5g) single super phosphate per plant. The effects of different levels of nitrogen were determined on the vegetative growth, seed and pod production and nodulation. It was found that an increase in nitrogen application increased vegetative growth, dry matter production, seed and pod production. Increased Nitrogen application had a negative effect on nodulation. T1 which had the least level of nitrogen application managed to modulate moderately and also had high yields and dry matter production as compared to the control. However, inoculation alone h...
East African Medical Journal, 2020
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Papers by Alexander Mbeke