Name: Abiola O. OKESOLA Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Alternate Email Address 1: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Alternate Email Address 2: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Biography: 1. Okesola AO, Salako AO .Microbiological profile of bacterial conjunctivitis in Ibadan, Nigeria. Ann of Ibadan Postgrad Med. 2010; 8 (1):20-24 2. Kehinde AO, Okesola AO. Epidemiology of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at Ibadan, Nigeria..Nig J Physiol Sc. 2010; 25:135-138. 3. Okesola AO, Adeniji TW. Pattern of extended spectrum beta-lactamase production among clinical isolates of Proteus species in Western Nigeria. World J Med Sci 2010;5(4):94-97. 4. Okesola AO. Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Afr J Med Med Sci. 2011;40(2):97-107 5 Okesola AO, Aroundegbe TI. Antibiotic resistance pattern of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in South West Nigeria.Afr J Med Med Sci.2011;40:235-238 6 Okesola AO, Oni AA. Susceptibility profile of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to recommended antipseudomonal antibiotics in Ibadan, Nigeria. Ann Trop Path 2011;2(1):37-43. 7. Okesola AO, Olola AF. The efficacy of the commonly used hospital disinfectants on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. International Res J Microbiol. 2011; 2(7): 226-229. CURRENT STUDENTS 2. Oki Matthew Oluwaseun 3. Maradesa Jemiludeen Adedolapo 4. Ajao Aishat Bolaji PREVIOUS STUDENTS (Selected) 2. Raheem Adeola 3. Olawande Odusanya Fellowship 1. Dr. Anozie Profile
Designation: Reader
Faculty: BASIC CLINICAL SCIENCES
Department: Medical Microbiology and Parasitology
Dr. Okesola graduated from the renowned University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University with B.Sc (Hons) Health Sciences and MBChB. She proceeded to further specialise in medical microbiology and parasitology with a focus on infectious disseases by undergoing the residency training programme in the department of medical microbiology and parasitology at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. After completing the residency training programme she was subsequently appointed a lecturer 1 by the College of medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan and as a consultant clinical microbiologist in the department of medical microbiology and parasitology by University College Hospital, Ibadan.
She has since continued her academic career as a lecturer and as a consultant clinical microbiologist at the College of medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan and University College Hospital, Ibadan respectively.
Dr. Abiola Okesola has contributed to scholarship in the department of medical microbiology and parasitology with publications in journals, training, teaching and mentoring resident doctors, medical students and other categories of students. She has been involved in the supervision of projects of resident doctors and various categories of students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has also been involved in the management of various infectious diseases at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.Publications
8. Okesola AO, Fasina OA. Trends in the resistance pattern of bacterial pathogens of otitis media in Ibadan, Nigeria. Afr J Clin Exp Microbiol.2012;13(1):46-50.
9. Okesola AO,Oni AA(2012).Occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains in South-West Nigeria. Res J Med Sc; 6(3):93-96.
10.Okesola AO, Fowotade A (2012). Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli . Int Res J Microbiol;3(4):140-143.
11.Okesola AO, Ige MO (2012).Occurrence of antibiotic resistance and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase production among bacterial respiratory pathogens in Ibadan, Nigeria, Int J Pharm Biomed Sc ;3(3):85-88.
12. Okesola AO, Olowookere AO (2012). Antibiogram of enterovirulent Escherichia coli from stool specimens of HIV patients with diarrhea in South West Nigeria.Int Res J Microbiol;3(8):278-281.
13.Okesola AO, Oni AA (2012).Prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Klebsiella in a tertiary care hospital in South West Nigeria. Int J Pharm Biomed Sc ;3(4):148-151.
14. Kehinde AO, Okesola AO (2014).Tuberculosis in resource limited settings: A need for diagnostic algorithm. Arch Bas App Med; 2:9-14.
15. Ige OM, Okesola AO (2014) Preliminary study of the baseline characteristics of patients, etiological agents of community-acquired pneumonia and mortality in Ibadan, Nigeria. Afr J Med Med Sci;43(3):265-272.
16. Ige OM, Okesola AO.Comparative efficacy and safety of cefixime and ciprofloxacin in the management of adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Ibadan,Nigeria. Ann of Ibadan Postgrad Med. Accepted for publication, August 2015.
17.Makanjuola OB,Fayemiwo SA,Okesola AO, Gbaja A,Ogunleye VA,Kehinde AO,Bakare RA.Pattern of multidrug resistant bacteria associated with intensive care unit infections in Ibadan, Nigeria.Ann Ibd Pg Med 2018, 16(2):162-169.
18. Tuta KE, Okesola AO, Umeokonkwo CD. The prevalence and risk factors associated with nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization among children in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. Ethiop J Health Sci 2019, 29(4):487-495.DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v29i4.10.
19. Jamiu MO, Okesola AO, Ogunleye VO, Fasulu PE. Prevalence of and factors associated with significant bacteriuria among pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic of Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Yemetu,Ibadan.Afr J.Clin Exp Microb 2021;22(4) :489-497.
20.Jamiu MO,Okesola AO. Acinetobacter baumanii; An emerging threat to public health- A review of literature.Int J Curr Sc Res Rev 2023.Vol 06 DOI:10.47191/ijcrr/V6-i3-01:1848-1864.Supervision
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