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Examination of huntington’s disease with atypical clinical features in a Bangladeshi family tree and study of association of miRNAs expression level with the diseased condition
(BRAC Univeristy, 2016-11)
Hereditary neurodegenerative diseases are among the most serious and urgent problems of modern neurology. In Bangladesh perspective this is the first study on Huntington disease, mainly due to lack of initiatives, advanced ...
Isolation of Staphylococcus spp. from hospital wastewater and adjacent community household water: Special focus on their antibiotic resistance
(Brac University, 2023-01)
Staphylococcus spp. is a leading cause of human bacterial infections. These infections can
damage the skin, soft tissues, bones, circulation, and respiratory system. It has the unusual
capacity to rapidly develop ...
Effectiveness of water filters used in the households of Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2023-07)
This research aims to determine the microbiological quality of tap and filtered water and figure out the efficiency of filters used in the households of Dhaka city. To start, 51 individual samples of tap and filtered water ...
Trends of multidrug resistance phenotypes in vibrio cholerae causing cholera in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2023-06)
Antibiotic resistance is a growing global concern, posing significant challenges in the treatment of bacterial infections. Vibrio cholerae, a gram-negative bacterium responsible for the severe diarrheal disease cholera, ...
Assessment of formation of static biofilm from environmental isolates of pseudomonas aeruginosa and study of their antibiotic resistance pattern
(BRAC University, 2016-04)
Biofilms are dense bacterial colonies networked within a polysaccharide matrix with a distinct
architecture that has the attachment potential to both living and inanimate surfaces.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a model biofilm ...
Determination of prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of bacteria isolated from household and restaurant kitchen utensils of Dhaka, Bangladesh
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018-03)
The kitchen is one of the most crucial areas that harbors and transmits infection. This study aimed at isolating, identifying, determining antibiotic susceptibility pattern and investigating antimicrobial activity of ...
Prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility and plasmid profile of bacteria from door knobs of female restrooms in BRAC University, Dhaka
(BRAC University, 2017-10)
Non-porous environmental surfaces such as door knobs of restrooms are routinely touched with
hands and can serve as vehicles for transmitting infectious diseases. This study aimed at isolating,
identifying the bacterial ...
Fecal organisms in supplied and domestically treated waters in Dhaka: insights from Maghbazar, Rampura, Badda and Bashundhara
(Brac University, 2019-06)
Dhaka is one of the most congested cities of the world, With a population of over 18 million . The existing water supply system is not enough to fulfill the demand of clean drinking water for people in Dhaka city.This study ...
Comparative analysis of antimicrobial resistance pattern and pathogenic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital effluents wastewater and its adjacent communities in Dhaka city
(Brac University, 2023-02)
Staphylococcus aureus is Gram-positive cocci, facultatively aerobic that has the intrinsic
ability to ferment carbohydrates and forms clusters. Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for
numerous pyogenic infections, food ...
Carbapenem resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in community wastewaters of Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2021-12)
Background: Carbapenems are beta-lactams that include some of the most widely used antibiotics worldwide, with inhibition of its treatment posing an alarming risk to healthcare. Resistance to this drug is determined by the ...