Sixteen clinical fungal isolates were tested for antibiotic susceptibility by using disks impregnated with growth medium and antibiotic. The procedure was easier to perform, less time consuming, and as reliable as other currently available methods.

Background: Pregnant women colonized with Streptococcus agalactiae-Group B Streptococci (GBS) can transmit the bacteria to their new-borns at time of birth. Intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) prevent this transmission. The aim study is find out carriage rate group streptococci isolated from pregnant in Duhok city, Iraq. Other Antibiotic susceptibility patterns isolates and detect risk fac...

Sepsis constitutes an important cause of hospital admission with a high mortality rate. Appropriate antibiotic therapy is the cornerstone of therapy in patients with sepsis. Although numerous studies have recommended early antibiotic initiation in severe sepsis or septic shock stages of sepsis syndrome, its role in treatment of patients with sepsis who have not entered these stages remains to b...

BACKGROUND Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infection (BSI) is a serious condition with estimated 30% mortality. Clinical outcomes for patients with severe infections improve when antibiotics are appropriately chosen and given early. The objective of this study was to estimate the association of prior healthcare exposure on time to appropriate antibiotic therapy in patients with gram-negativ...

Few studies have been performed on urinary tract infections (UTIs) in men. In the present study, general practitioners (n = 42) from the Dutch Sentinel General Practice Network collected urinary samples from 560 male patients (≥ 18 years) suspected of UTI and recorded prescribed antibiotic treatment. In this way, the antibiotic susceptibility of Gram-negative uropathogens, including extended-sp...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact and cost-benefit value of pharmacist interventions for prophylactic antibiotic use in surgical patients undergoing clean or clean-contaminated operations. METHODS A pre-to-post intervention study was performed in the Department of Urological Surgery of a tertiary hospital. Patients admitted from January through June 2011, undergoing clean or clean-contaminate...

Antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria continues to be a major growing public health problem worldwide. It is well documented that the overuse of antibiotics also leads to new resistant strains, thus decreasing the effectiveness of “front line” antibiotics. Therefore, the detection of the antibiotics to which a bacterium is resistant is critical in designing an effective medical treatm...

BACKGROUND Bacterial meningitis continues to cause high mortality. Few studies address the possible association between this mortality and antibiotic administration delays. AIM To determine whether delays in antibiotic administration are associated with mortality from bacterial meningitis, and to identify inappropriate diagnostic-treatment sequences leading to such delays. DESIGN Retrospect...

BACKGROUND Acute wheezers for the first time in life are an important target group for efforts aimed at reducing unnecessary antibiotic use. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of clinical, laboratory and radiological data on the decision to prescribe antibiotics to paediatric patients with first time wheezing as well as to seek criteria that would justify antibiotic use. METHODS A prospective...

PURPOSE In the pediatric population, several different antibiotic regimens are currently recommended for the treatment of otitis media. This study investigated whether therapy for otitis media was associated with the emergence of antibiotic-resistant oral bacteria. METHODS Streptococcus sanguis (S. sanguis) was isolated from supragingival dental plaque of children after a recent course of ant...