In a prospective passive diarrhea surveillance cohort study of 1,034 infants of low socioeconomic communities in Lima, Peru, we determined the prevalence and antimicrobial drug susceptibility of the diarrheagenic Escherichia coli . The prevalence of diarrheagenic E. coli was 29% (161 of 557) in children with gastroenteritis and 30% (58 of 195) in the control group without diarrhea. The most com...

Opportunistic infections are the leading cause of mortality among HIV-infected people. Several simple interventions prevent illness, prolong life, or prevent HIV transmission from HIV-infected people in Africa. These include: cotrimoxazole prophylaxis; insecticide-treated bed nets; supplies for household water treatment and safe storage; materials promoting family voluntary counselling and test...

Antimicrobial susceptibility of nine species and one group of bacteria isolated from patients at the hospitals of Seoul National University, Severance, Hanyang University, and Kyungpuk University were tested by agar dilution method. S. aureus was most susceptible to cefazolin, methicillin and cotrimoxazole, and enterococci to ampicillin. Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae were most frequently susce...

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and related opportunistic infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in susceptible population. This study aims to negate the paucity of data regarding the relation between CD4 levels, prevalence of enteric parasites, and the outcome of treatment with HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy) and Cotrimoxazole in Kerala, India. Multiple s...

We report a case of necrotizing pneumonia caused by Lactobacillus secondary to a tracheo-oesophageal fistula created by an oesophageal carcinoma. We emphasize the presence of resistance of Lactobacillus to clindamycin and cotrimoxazole, previously reported to be effective.

Objectives: To determine in-vitro efficacy of colistin against resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae clinical isolates. 
 Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
 Place and Duration Study: Microbiology Department Pathology Lab, Armed Forces Institute Cardiology & National Heart Diseases, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from Jan 2021 to Dec 2021.
 Methodology: This cross-sectional study was carr...

Results of sputum cultures and susceptibility tests have been reviewed for the years 1977-1986, with approximately 1,700 positive cultures per year. Haemophilus influenzae always occupied the first place, being grown in 65% of positive specimens in 1977 and 37% in 1986. Streptococcus pneumoniae occupied the second place, rising from 17 to 27% in the same period, during which Branhamella catarrh...