PURPOSE To examine the magnitude of bacterial load reduction on the surface of the periocular skin 20 minutes after application of a saline hygiene solution containing 0.01% pure hypochlorous acid (HOCl). METHODS Microbiological specimens were collected immediately prior to applying the hygiene solution and again 20 minutes later. Total microbial colonies were counted and each unique colony m...

Tel.: +2348134136233 The objective of this study was to isolate and determine the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of bacteria isolated from Ogbete abattoir effluent in Enugu State to different classes of antibiotics. Sixty bacterial isolates were obtained from 20 abattoir effluent samples at 4 different points of Ogbete abattoir. The isolated bacteria were identified using standard microbiology...

BACKGROUND In captive breed turtles and tortoises conjunctival disease is common. Our aim was to investigate the bacterial and fungal flora present in the eyes of healthy and pathological chelonians and to compare findings in turtles with those in tortoises. RESULTS Samples were taken from the conjunctival sacs of 34, diseased and healthy, chelonians (18 tortoises and 16 turtles) and submitte...

Abstract Background Diagnosis of canine bacterial pneumonia relies on airway lavage to confirm septic, suppurative inflammation, and a positive culture. Considering risks bronchoalveolar fluid (BALF) collection, minimally invasive methods like culture or next generation sequencing blood would be appealing. In dogs with pneumonia, our study aims included (1): determining proportion agreement bet...

pectobacterium carotovorum is one of the most important bacterial pathogens of potato in the world.the expression of numerous genes including those involved in the production of virulence determinants in this bacterium are regulated by quorum sensing (qs). the signal molecules involved in qs in p. carotovorum belong to the group of n-acyl homoserine lactones (ahls). recently, several soil bacte...

Materials and Methods: Throat swab specimens were collected from 177 patients suffering from acute pharyngitis who had been admitted to Hilla teaching hospital (Hilla, Iraq) during October 2009 to January 2010. The necessary biochemical tests were conducted and the organisms identified using standard procedures. Susceptibility of isolates pathogens to several antibiotics was examined using stan...