PURPOSE This study examined the efficacy of the postoperative prophylactic antibiotics used in orthognathic surgery. The prevalence of surgical site infections (SSIs) was determined according to the use of postoperative prophylactic antibiotics. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifty-six patients were divided into 2 groups. Each patient intravenously received 1.0 g of a third-generation cephalosporin (Ce...

aim : this study aims to determine the serogroup distribution and molecular diagnosis, as well as antimicrobial resistance profiles among shigella spp. isolated from patients with diarrhea in kerman, southeast of iran.   background : shigella species are frequent cause of bacterial dysentery worldwide. previous studies have been reported that s. sonnei and s. flexneri are the most prevalent ser...

The clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes of adult meningitis due to Escherichia coli alone have not been examined adequately. In this study, we analyzed the clinical and laboratory data of 15 adult patients with monomicrobial E. coli meningitis. The 15 patients, collected over a period of 18 years (January 1986-December 2003), included 7 men and 8 women, aged 45-77 years. They acco...

The validity of the class representative concept for in vitro susceptibility testing of older cephalosporins was reevaluated. Two oral cephalosporins, cephalexin and cefaclor, were compared with the established cephalosporin class representative, cephalothin, by using reference microdilution minimal inhibitory concentrations of 528 isolates of a wide variety of gram-positive and gram-negative b...

Acinetobacter baumannii colonization and infection, frequent in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients, is commonly associated with high morbimortality. Several outbreaks due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) A. baumanii have been reported but few of them in Brazil. This study aimed to identify risk factors associated with colonization and infection by MDR and carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii strains i...

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) remains a common clinical problem in both the community and health care associated settings. In Pakistan, this is also a common issue and each patient should be carefully assessed to ensure that a correct diagnosis is made and that antimicrobial therapy is appropriately prescribed. UTI is a common problem and it effect’s both gender and all ages. Aim: T...

BACKGROUND Patient-specific risk factors for acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) among hospitalized patients are becoming well defined. However, few studies have reported data on the institutional risk factors, including rates of antimicrobial use, that predict rates of VRE. Identifying modifiable institutional factors can advance quality-improvement efforts to minimize hospit...

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an important causative agent of gastroenteritis, with the consumption of contaminated seafood being the major transmission route. Resistance to penicillin is common among V. parahaemolyticus strains, whereas cephalosporin resistance remains rare. In an attempt to assess the current prevalence and characteristics of antibiotic resistance of this pathogen in common food...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) during pregnancy may cause complications such as pyelonephritis, hypertensive disease of pregnancy, anaemia, chronic renal failure, premature delivery and foetal mortality. This study aimed to identify the etiologic agents of UTI and to determine the patterns of antimicrobial drug susceptibility among pregnant women at Muhimbili National Hospital in Tanzania. Retro...

The objective of this study was to obtain data on susceptibility patterns of pathogens responsible for UTIs. In addition, for the first time, the prevalence and risk factors of ESBL-producing strains in Rwanda are described. Urinary isolates from symptomatic UTI patients’ cases attending to the University Teaching Hospital-Kigali and University teaching Hospital-Butare were identified by conven...