Homosexual practices might be expected to result in an increase in urinary tract infection in adult men. Midstream urine specimens were collected from 200 homosexual and 205 heterosexual men attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases. Three specimens from each group yielded more than 10(5) Escherichia coli per ml. The prevalence of urinary tract infection among homosexuals was therefo...

antibiotics are the best known products of actinomycete. over 5,000 antibiotics have been identified from the cultures of gram positive and gram-negative organisms, and filamentous fungi, but only about 100 antibiotics have commercially been used to treat human, animal and plant diseases. the genus, streptomycete, is responsible for the formation of more than 60% of known antibiotics. bacterial...

background uropathogenic escherichia coli (upec) is a causative agent of most of urinary tract infections (utis), which expresses a multitude of virulence factors. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate virulence associated characteristics characteristics in upec isolates derived from urine specimens, and to investigate the distribution of the pathogenicity islands virulence marker...

conclusions the simultaneous detection of e. faecalis in a patient’s gastrointestinal and urine tracts can indicate the presence of uropathogenic enterococcus. further study is essential to identify virulence factors involved in the colonization of these isolates in the urinary tract. background urinary tract infection (uti) is one of the most common bacterial infections in outpatient settings....

background: urinary tract infection (uti) is one of the most  common infections seen in all age and both sex groups which frequently occur among adolescent and young women. utis are the second most common cause of emergency department attendance for adolescents. considering the importance of promoting preventive behaviors of uti, we aimed to evaluate the effect of peer education based on health...

urinary tract infection is a common pediatric problem and vesicoureteral reflux is its most common complication. detection of this reflux has classically been achieved by voiding cystouretrography (vcug). ultrasonography for evaluation of vesicoureteral reflux is shown to be feasible but is not widely accepted. our aim was to assess the value of routine sonography in detecting vesicoureteral re...

conclusions in this study, c. albicans was the most common species isolated from patients with vulvovaginitis and uti, and significantly more common amongst females compared to males. the prevalence of candida spp. had significantly declined from 2013 to 2015. moreover, the candida spp. counts were mostly higher than 103cfu/ml. results the mean age of the patients was 34.7 ± 16.3. candida albic...

objective this study was conducted to determine the frequency of urinary tract infection(uti) among children with febrile convulsion (fc). materials & methods we analyzed the hospital records of 137 children who had been admitted to thepediatric ward from march 2004 to february 2007 because of fc. informationsuch as age, sex, developmental status, type of fc, family history of seizure,urine sam...

conclusions the alcoholic extract of p. harmala was very effective against the selected esbl-producing e. coli isolates harboring the tem gene. therefore, it could be suggested as an antibacterial agent in the future. more researches are necessary for detecting the mechanism of this plant’s behavior and its pharmacological effects. results results of this study showed that in disk diffusion met...

materials and methods lactic acid bacteria isolated from spoiled fruits and vegetables and grown in mrs medium were screened against multi-drug-resistant candida albicans, klebsiella pneumoniae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, escherichia coli, and enterococcus fecalis. results fifty-four lactic acid bacteria were isolated from spoiled fruits and vegetables, of which 11 gram-positive and catalase-negat...