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Bacteriological profile and its antibiotic sensitivity in UTI patients in hospitals and diagnostic centers in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021-09)
Among the common bacterial infection urinary tract infection is the common one in Bangladesh. Women are predominant to be infected by UTI, most commonly the women of reproductive age (18-40 years). This study was designed ...
Isolation, identification and characterization of Rhizobium from hyacinth bean (Lablab niger) root nodule and study its effect on plant growth and nitrogen fixation ability
(BRAC University, 2016-12-01)
Symbiotic systems for biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in agriculture are most promising. Accordingly, the present study was conducted for the isolation, identification, and characterization of nitrogen-fixing bacterial ...
Isolation of stx1 and stx2 genes from clinical and environmental samples of Escherichia coli
(BRAC University, 2017-03)
E. coli O157:H7, a Shiga toxin producing microbe was first acknowledged as a virulent organism
in 1982 during an analysis of an outbreak of hemorrhagic colitis associated with consumption of
hamburgers from a fast food ...
Factors associated with antifungal resistance and the recent development in detection & treatment: a review
(Brac University, 2023-06)
Antifungal resistance has become a growing concern in recent years, as it has become increasingly difficult to treat fungal infections due to the emergence of drug-resistant organisms. The prevalence of antifungal resistance ...
Prevalence of Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in vegetable and water samples in Dhaka South
(Brac University, 2022-03)
Carbapenems are commonly considered last-resort antibiotics in the treatment of severe infections
caused by multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. The emergence of carbapenem-resistant
isolates over the last decade ...
Isolation and identification of α-amylase producing soil microorganisms and partial characterization of α-Amylase enzyme
(Brac University, 2019-11)
Alpha (α)-amylase is an enzyme responsible for the breakdown of starch molecules. It hydrolyzes starch into reducing and fermentable sugars like maltose. The enzyme has various industrial applications; namely in food, ...
Polymorphisms in glucocorticoid receptor gene: a susceptibility factor to Guillain-Barré syndrome in a Bangladeshi population
(Brac University, 2018-12)
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system with a greater variable clinical progression, severity, and outcome. Infectious agent ...
Bacterial identification of the vaginal micro biota and presence of pathogens causing bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy in Bangladeshi women
(Brac University, 2022-02)
Bacterial vaginosis is a one-of-a-kind upheaval of the complex vaginal bacterial flora with the absence of lactobacilli and the expansion of Gardnerella vaginalis, Atopobium vaginae, prevotella bivia, and resident anaerobic ...
Isolation, characterization and comparative analysis of multi-drug resistant acinetobacter baumannii & vibrio cholerae from hospital wastewater and its adjacent community supply water in Dhaka north
(Brac University, 2023-06)
Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-negative bacillus which shows characteristics of obligate aerobe. It is pleomorphic and non-motile. An opportunistic and nosocomial pathogen, A. baumannii has been designated as “red alert”. ...
Bacteriophage mediated horizontal gene transfer
(Brac University, 2021-11)
Bacteriophages are viruses which infect and replicates within the bacterial cell. Bacteriophage refers ‘bacteria eater’ that means the bacteriophages kill their host cell because bacteriophage is a bacteria-infecting virus. ...