Water for human consumption is required to be free from any bacteria that might pose a health risk. The presence of biofilms in the drinking water distribution system may play a role in the presence of potential pathogens in the drinking water supply. Ninety-five biofilm samples from various parts of South Africa were tested for the presence of Escherichia coli, Aeromonas, Pseudomonas, Salmonel...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Nosocomial infections in NICUs tend to cluster, sometimes as devastating outbreaks, but pathogen-specific transmission probabilities are unknown. We aimed to quantify the pathogen-specific risk of a blood stream infection (BSI) in preterm infants after an index case with that pathogen in the same department. METHODS Data of 44 818 infants below 1500 g birth weight of...

as Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, and Staphylococcus that appropriate disinfection can reduce these pathogens. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different disinfectants on Gram-negative bacteria isolated from the surface of accidents and burn hospital in Yazd. Materials and Methods: In this study, 240 samples were randomly collected from different parts of acciden...

OBJECTIVES The impact of appropriate antimicrobial therapy and antimicrobial resistance on the outcome of bacteraemia due to Enterobacter spp. remains unclear. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of antimicrobial therapy in 377 consecutive episodes of Enterobacter bacteraemia. PATIENTS AND METHODS This includes retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected cohort. Clinical v...

The human microbiome plays a very important role in the normal functioning of both metabolic and immune systems. Changes gut microbiota (dysbiosis) possibly contribute to development autoimmune diseases. There is close association between Vitamin D metabolism. objective our study was characterize composition patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) comparison controls glucose tolerance, co...

Among nosocomial infections catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of the most common infection. The antibiotic resistance amongst uropathogens isolated from CAUTI are multi-drug resistant and a growing public health problem in world including Bangladesh. study objective was to determine aetiology find out their anti-microbial sensitivity pattern among isolates. A cross sect...

Non-pigmented strains of Pseudomonas pyocyanea occur frequently and this organism has only limited activity in conventional biochemical tests; 50 strains were tested for the presence of arginine dihydrolase and found positive whereas only Salmonella sp. and Enterobacter sp. among other Gram-negative species were positive. The test for arginine dihydrolase is rapid and simple and suitable for ro...

OBJECTIVES To study the incidence, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, age and sex distribution, mortality and prognostic factors in cases of Enterobacter bacteremia. METHODS A total of 18,745 indoor patients with suspected bacteremia were included in study. Enterobacter spp were identified and speciated using standard protocols. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was done using Stoke's d...

Agar dilution sensitivity tests to piperacillin were performed on 497 strains of gram ne­ gative bacilli isolated from blood culture of patients admitted to Maharaj Nakom Chiang Mai Hos­ pital. Piperacillin was found to have significant activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aero­ monos spp and Enterobacter spp. A substantial proportion of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumo­ niae and Acineto...

The in vitro activity of a new crystalline derivative of thienamycin, N-formimidoyl thienamycin (MK0787), was tested against 46 laboratory reference strains and 2,158 clinical isolates of gram-positive and -negative bacteria, including anaerobes, and compared with cefoxitin, cefaxolin, carbenicillin, and amikacin. MK0787 was significantly more active than the reference antibiotics against most ...