African health sciences
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African health sciences · Mar 2018
Clinical implication of smoking among patients with schizophrenia at a Tertiary Institution in South East Nigeria.
The chronic and debilitating nature of schizophrenia creates a disease with marked clinical and economic consequences. Smoking in schizophrenia appears to be associated with increased psychopathology and disability. ⋯ The results of this study revealed that smoking in Nigerian schizophrenia patients is associated with significant disability. Measures should be put in place to discourage cigarette smoking among Nigerian patients with schizophrenia.
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African health sciences · Mar 2018
Turkish University seniors' knowledge of and opinions on fertility and expectations of having children.
In recent years the trend of postponement of child bearing has been increasing. ⋯ The expectations of seniors at a Turkish university to have children in the future are high, with insufficient knowledge on fertility.
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African health sciences · Mar 2018
Silencing the nosocomial pathogen Serratia marcescens by glyceryl trinitrate.
Quorum sensing is a cell-to-cell communication system in bacteria that controls the production of virulence factors. Serratia marcescens is a causative agent of hospital-acquired infections that shows high resistance to antibiotics. This makes the treatment of these infections difficult. Quorum sensing regulates the production of virulence factors of S. marcescens such as prodigiosin, protease, swimming and swarming motilities and formation of biofilms. Inhibition of quorum sensing may be an alternative to antibiotic treatment to avoid emergence of resistance. ⋯ Glyceryl trinitrate is a quorum sensing and virulence inhibitor that may be useful in treatment of nosocomial infections caused by Serratia marcescens.