The present study aims at comparing the in-vitro susceptibility of six commercially available cephalosporin--BLI combinations with cephalosporins alone against hospital isolates of Gram negative bacilli. Gram negative bacilli, numbering 500, isolated from various clinical samples, were included in the study. The isolates were also screened for ESBL production by the methods recommended by CLSI....

As part of a series of investigations at Baba Baghi Leprosarium in lran, 44 long-treated leprosy patients were selected for our study. Samples of early morning sputum were obtained from each patient, examined by microscopy for acid-fast bacilli (AFB), and cultured for tubercle bacilli. These tests were negative, but the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for an insertion sequence believed to b...

OBJECTIVE To determine the correlation of Gram staining with the culture of bronchoalveolar lavage in patients with clinical features of ventilator-associated pneumonia from two adult trauma and surgical intensive care units. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of 252 samples of bronchoalveolar lavage from patients with clinical ventilator-associated pneumonia in trauma or surgical pos...

© 2011 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1175 Journal Compilation © 2011 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Oral lesions are rarely reported in paucibacillary forms of leprosy. We report here a case with an erythematous hyposensitive lesion in the palate and no skin lesions. In addition to routine tests, biopsies of the lesion in the palate and of clinically normal surrounding areas we...

BACKGROUND The viable mycobacterial bacilli can sometimes form granules in the Mycobacterium Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) to produce instrument-negative outcomes when BACTEC MGIT 960 culture is performed. The cause of this phenomenon has never been analyzed. METHODS Thirty-one instrument-negative, granule presenting MGIT vials were collected for conducting acid-fast staining and also liquid a...

BACKGROUND Gram-negative bacilli are a cause of serious infections in the pediatric population. Carbapenem are the treatment of choice for infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli, but the emergence of carbapenem resistance has substantially reduced access to effective antimicrobial regimens. Children are a population vulnerable to bacterial infections and the emergence of...

Poor effluent management is known to release antibiotic resistance genes and heavy metal into streams. The objective of this study was investigate the occurrence antibiotics metals in hospital effluents streams Benin. extraction genomic DNA from multidrug-resistant bacterial strains isolated stream samples performed according recommendations Quick-DNA TM miniprep kit (Zymo Research Corp, United...

tiation of true dysentery bacilli from allied organisms described and named three species or groups of species of bacilli which though strongly resembling the true dysentery bacilli were not considered by him as causal agents of dysentery; one of these was Bacterium alkalescens. Andrewes described it as a Gram-negative non-motile bacillus which produced acid but no gas in glucose, maltose, mann...

results of a seven year (april 1985 to march 1992) prospoective study of bacterial meningitis in 189 infants and children admitted to our center indicate that: 1) tiie gram-negative bacilli, especially klebsiella species, are the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in neonates and young infants (