Table 1.
Isolation of bacterial agents according to source of sample and medicinal use
| TRIPLICATE BATCH POOL |
ORGANISMS | EDO STATE |
ENUGU STATE |
ANAMBRA STATE |
OYO STATE |
PLATEAU STATE |
| BATCH 1 ARTHRITIS |
ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS | ++ | + | + | ++ | ++ |
| CLADOSPORIUM | + | + | − | + | − | |
| RHIZOPUS | + | + | − | + | − | |
| PENICILLIUM SPP. | + | + | ++ | − | ++ | |
| BATCH 2 FERTILITY |
MUCOR SPP. | + | + | + | + | + |
| ASPERGILLUS NIGER | + | − | + | − | + | |
| CURVULARIA | − | ++ | − | ++ | − | |
| CANDIDA | + | + | + | ++ | ++ | |
| BATCH 3 MENOPAUSE |
ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS |
+ | + | − | + | − |
| ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS | + | + | + | + | + | |
| GEOTRICUM | − | ++ | − | − | + | |
| BATCH 4 TYPHOID FEVER |
ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | − |
| CANDIDA | + | + | + | − | − | |
| GEOTRICUM | + | ++ | − | + | − | |
| ASPERGILLUS NIGER | + | + | − | + | − | |
| PENICILLIUM SPP. | + | − | + | ++ | + |