This study was conducted with the aim of investigating ability Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CoNS) for detection biofilms, which are considered as main virulence factor in their pathogenicity. Three methods were used this purpose, tube method, congo red agar and tissue culture plate method. Thirty-seven isolates following bacteria tested, includes Staphylococcus epidermidis, S. saprophyticu...

Peritonitis is one of the main complications peritoneal dialysis and accounts for considerable mortality hospitalization. It usually treated with intraperitoneal antibiotherapy, as it best way to achieve high concentrations at site infection. We report a case an 86-year-old female patient end-stage renal disease under continuous ambulatory dialysis, who was admitted our hospital complaints inte...

a bstract background: health professionals and their medical equipment have long been known to act as vectors of infectious diseases.the aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of pens used by nursing students working in clinics in relation to transmission of bacteria. materials and methods: the study was conducted in sakarya university school of health sciences in march 2012, with th...

BACKGROUND Identification of pathogens associated with bovine mastitis is helpful in treatment and management decisions. However, such data from sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. Here we describe the distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of bacteria from cows with clinical mastitis in Kampala, Uganda. Due to high concern of zoonotic infections, isolates from milkmen are also descri...

Methicillin-resistant coagulase negative staphylococci (MR-CoNS) are the major cause of infectious diseases because of their potential ability to form biofilm and colonize the community or hospital environments. This study was designed to investigate the biofilm producing ability, and the presence of mecA, icaAD, bap and fnbA genes in MR-CoNS isolates. The MR-CoNS used in this study were isolat...

Despite frequent colonization with Mycoplasma hominis, the invasive disease is rare in neonates. This study describes a neonatal case with meningitis in which M. hominis was isolated from a cerebrospinal fluid sample by culture and detected by PCR. The M. hominis infection was confirmed by elevated metabolic inhibition titers against the isolated M. hominis strain and anti-M. hominis antibodies...