Masoumeh Azimirad

Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastro-enterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

[ 1 ] - The frequency of bacterial contamination and diversity of drug resistance patterns in devices and staff of endoscopy and colonoscopy units

Background: This study aimed at analyzing microbial contamination in medical equipment, environment, and staff of a gastroenterology unit.    Methods: Samples of gastrointestinal imaging devices, the environment, and staff were collected using standard swab-rinse technique and biochemical or molecular characteristics of the isolates, their susceptibility to antibiotics, and similarit...