?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Chromobacterium+violaceum+associated+with+recurrent+vaginal+discharge+among+apparently+healthy+females+in+Ekpoma%2C+Nigeria&rft.creator=Ezera%2C+Agwu&rft.creator=John+Cletus%2C+Ihongbe&rft.creator=Godwin+Ray+Anugboba%2C+Okogun&rft.creator=Joseph+Obiezu+Chukwujekwu%2C+Ezeonwumelu&rft.creator=Osamuyime%2C+Igbinovia&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Seven+hundred+and+two+high+vaginal+swab+samples+of+apparently+healthy+adult+females+with+recurrent+vaginal+discharge+were+collected+and+analyzed+at+Searchlight+Medical+Diagnostic+Centre%2C+Ekpoma+between+July+2003+and+August+2005.+Isolation%2C+identification+and+antibiogram+of+isolates+were+done+using+standard+Microbiological+techniques.+Randomized+Block+Design+and+Completely+Randomized+Design+at+(%CE%B1+%3D+0.1)+were+used+to+test+the+statistical+significance+of+results.+While+occupational+distribution+of+isolates+was+not+statistically+significant%2C+age+and+response+of+bacterial+isolates+to+antibiotics+used+were+statistically+significant.+Total+number+and+percentage+prevalence+of+bacteria+isolated+include%3A+297(42.4%25)+Chromobacterium+violaceum%2C+156+(22.2%25)+Escherichia+coli+and+139+(19.8%25)+Staphylococcus+aureus.+Chromobacterium+violaceum+was+81.8%25+sensitive+to+ofloxacin%2C+and+12.8%25+to+Ceftriazone.+Escherichia+coli+and+S.+aureus+were+70.5%25+and+71.9%25+sensitive+to+sparfloxacin+respectively.+Though+source+of+infection+of+C.+violaceum+in+Ekpoma+was+not+very+clear%2C+soil+and+water+contamination+and+other+risk+factors+were+hypothesized.+A+high+index+of+suspicion+is+required+for+diagnosis.+Surveillance+with+improved+diagnostic+facilities+can+increase+awareness+among+health+care+providers+on+this+form+of+infection.+Appropriate+systemic+antimicrobial+therapy+to+halt+progression+of+infection+is+mandatory%2C+even+when+the+infection+appears+to+be+localized.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2007-07-17&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5713%2F2%2F2007-1-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ezera%2C+Agwu+and+John+Cletus%2C+Ihongbe+and+Godwin+Ray+Anugboba%2C+Okogun+and+Joseph+Obiezu+Chukwujekwu%2C+Ezeonwumelu+and+Osamuyime%2C+Igbinovia++(2007)+Chromobacterium+violaceum+associated+with+recurrent+vaginal+discharge+among+apparently+healthy+females+in+Ekpoma%2C+Nigeria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5713%2F