Table 2.
Isolation of fungal 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) |
EPEC | + | − | + | ++ | + |
| EHEC | ++ | + | + | − | + | |
| BACILLUS SPP. | ++ | ++ | ++ | + | ++ | |
| PSEUDOMONAS | − | + | − | + | − | |
| BATCH 2 (FERTILITY) |
BACILLUS SPP | + | ++ | + | ++ | + |
| EHEC | + | + | − | ++ | + | |
| COLIFORMS | − | − | ++ | − | ++ | |
| SALMONELLA | + | ++ | − | + | − | |
| BATCH 3 (MENOPAUSE) |
EPEC | − | + | + | − | + |
| STREPT. FAEC. | + | + | + | + | + | |
| BACILLUS SPP. | ++ | +++ | ++ | +++ | ++ | |
| SALMONELLA | + | − | − | + | − | |
| BATCH 4 (TYPHOID FEVER) |
STREPT. FAEC. | ++ | − | + | − | − |
| COLIFORM | − | − | − | + | − | |
| SALMONELLA | + | + | + | − | − | |
| % TOTAL COLIFORM = 956 CFU/ML i.e. COLONY FORMING UNITS/ML | ||||||
KEY: + - 10 KEY
+ = 10 − 102;
++ = 103 − 104;
+++ > 105.
EPEC- Enteropathogenic E. coli;
EHEC . Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli
STREPT FAECAL - Streptococcus faecalis;
OTHER COLIFORMS INCLUDE KLEBSIELLA, AEROMONAS- 102; ++ - 103 − 104 ; +++ ≥ 105