BACKGROUND Previous studies report association of contraceptives with moderate increase in urinary tract infection among sexually active premenopausal women. The aim of our study was to find out whether the use of hormonal contraceptives has any effect on microbiota of the vagina in the contraceptives users in Khairpur Sindh Pakistan. METHODS A prospective study in woman population of Khairpu...

background: many efforts have been done to find effective agents against resistant pathogens. cuminum cyminum l. (cumin) is an aromatic plant within the apiaceae family. it has a variety of purposes and demonstrates antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. this study evaluated the activity of c. cyminum extract and essential oil against bacterial isolates which cause urinary tract infection, i...

A kit for the identification of staphylococci based on the biochemical criteria proposed by Kloos and Schleifer (W.E. Kloos and K.H. Schleifer, J. Clin. Microbiol., 1:82-88, 1975) is now available commercially. The system was used to identify 100 strains of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from various body sites as the primary etiological agent of clinical infection. The increasing im...