Professor Clifford Simango

Senior Lecturer

Professor Clifford Simango

BSc (Honours) (UK), MSc (UK) D Phil (UZ)

Tel: 263-0242-707707/791631

Fax: 263-0242-705155

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Current Research and Publications

Current Research

1. Characterization of Clostridium difficile isolated from humans, foods and environmental sources.

2. Susceptibility of bacterial enteric pathogens and bacteria associated with pneumonia and meningitis to antimicrobial drugs.

3. Susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical specimens in Zimbabwe.

4. Emerging bacterial enteric pathogens.

Publications

1. C. Simango: Antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter species isolated from humans and chickens in Zimbabwe. Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection: 2013, 28 139-142.
2. C. Simango and Uladi: Detection of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea in Harare, Zimbabwe. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2014), 108 352-357.
3. Makunin N., Simango, C. and Mavenyengwa, R. Prevalence of bacterial contamination in blood products at the National Blood Services Zimbabwe. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 9 421-424.
4. M. Dzobo, V. Robertson and C. Simango. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage and Susceptibility in Patients Admitted to Critical Care Units in a Central Referral Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe Central African Journal of Medicine 62,8-11.