Backround: The role of pre-operative antibiotics in wound sepsis is well established. The selection of drug, timing and duration of administration are very significant.Prolonged use of prophylactic antibiotics may lead to superinfection This study was conducted to find out the effect of antibiotics after culture and sensitivity of surgical sites infection cases and prevalence of surgical site i...

Background & Aims: Based on serological studies the prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori infection in Iranian adults is up to 80%. Gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric adenocarcinoma are common clinical outcomes of this infection in Iran. Since antibiotic resistance patterns of Helicobacter pylori are different geographically, local studies are highly required. Method: From April to December 2009, ...

Objective: This study was done to determine the sensitivity and resistance pattern to the most common antibiotics in use. Methodology: The data for this retrospective study was obtained and analysed from October 2010 to October 2011 in Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Purposive sampling and univariate analysis was done. 2058 samples were cultured for sensitivity using Kirby Bauer's Diffusion te...

The sensitivity of Escherichia coli to several aminoglycoside antibiotics was examined with E. coli DR112 transformed by the gene for polyamine-induced protein (oligopeptide-binding [OppA] protein) or polyamine transport proteins. The results clearly showed that sensitivity to aminoglycoside antibiotics (gentamicin, isepamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, paromomycin, and streptomycin) increased due t...

Catheter-related urinary tract infection (UTI) remains a leading cause of nosocomial infections, with significant morbidity, mortality and additional hospital cost. Bacteria isolated from CAUTI are more resistant to antimicrobials compared with community acquired ones. To find out the various bacteria and their antibiotic sensitivity pattern causing the catheter associated urinary tract infecti...

To the Editor: Once again I call upon Infection Control and Hospital Epidewliology to assist in the resolution of a problem that probably concerns infection control and pharmacy therapeutics committees in acute hospital settings compared with long-term skilled nursing facilities. In reporting sensitivity and resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, it is either as the values of minimum inhibitory...

Candida is a yeast species recognized as the most frequent etiological agent of systemic and invasive thrush in humans. Invasions can affect all tissues, organs and systems of human in various stages of development. In the last 10 years Candida infections have increased 15 times. The purpose of our study was to determine the sensitivity of four antibiotics belonging to three different groups of...