background research to understand and control the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance has become a public health priority. objectives this study was conducted to study epidemiology and resistant pattern of bacteria causing infection in different king khalid hospital units. patients and methods all samples were sent to the lab and routinely processed according to the standard microb...

background and objective: urinary tract infections (utis) are the most common infections in renal transplant recipients and are considered a potential cause of bacteremia, sepsis, and affects graft outcomes. the aim of the present study was to determine the incidence of uti among renal transplant recipients and investigation of antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of causative agents. materials...

conclusions regarding the importance of metallo-beta-lactamase (mbl) produced by pseudomonas spp. isolated from hospitals, quick identification of clinical samples should be considered as an important and basic step to treat and control infections caused by pseudomonas spp. results strains with mic > 4 µg/ml were investigated by phenotypic and genotypic methods. in the current study the rate of...

Background and Aims: Based on the results, Staphylococcus aureus is one of the serious infectious agents found in community and hospitals with remarkable potential for high morbidity and mortality around the globe. The present study was carried out for molecular investigation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains and Staphylococcal Chromosomal Cassette mec (SCCmec) phenotypes i...

Outer membrane proteins of Gram-negative bacteria play key roles in antibiotic resistance. However, it is unknown whether outer membrane proteins that respond to antibiotics behave in a specific manner. The present study specifically investigated the differentially expressed outer membrane proteins of an antibiotic-resistant bacterium, Edwardsiella tarda, a Gram-negative pathogen that can lead ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Recently, nosocomial infections have been discussed as a critical issue among intubated patients leading to significant morbidity and mortality. Hence, the pattern of microbiological colonization and antibiotic resistance are much valuable in this regard. We aimed to investigate the pattern of microorganism colonization and antibiotic resistance in patients with endotr...

background blood infections are an extensive range of disorders that can vary from limited bacteremia to fatal septicemia. bacteremia refers to the transient presence of a bacterium in the bloodstream. a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis can cause mortality, with a 20% - 50% prevalence rate. objectives due to the changing patterns of antibiotic resistance, as well as differences in...

conclusions this results of the study show that the most contamination in nicus is from gram-negative bacteria and ciprofloxacin is the most effective antibiotic for treatment. thus, the control of infections in nicus in hospitals is very important. results during the seven-month study on 105 samples, including 85 (81%) urine samples and 20 (19%) blood samples, 81 samples (77.1%) were gram-nega...