Background.  Practicing antimicrobial stewardship in the setting of widespread antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative bacilli, particularly in urban areas, is challenging. Methods.  We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study at a tertiary care hospital with an established antimicrobial stewardship program in New York, New York to determine appropriateness of use of gram-negative a...

Vibrio cholerae resistance to third-generation cephalosporins is rarely reported. We detected a strain that was negative for extended-spectrum β-lactamase and positive for the AmpC disk test, modified Hodge test, and EDTA disk synergy test and harbored the blaDHA-1 and blaNDM-1 genes. The antimicrobial drug susceptibility profile of V. cholerae should be monitored.

. A total of 545 clinical specimens (pus, blood, urine, and stool) and environmental specimens (air sample, saline solution, nasal swabs etc) were cultured for isolation and identification of aerobic bacteria and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Out of these, 356(65%) specimens yielded one or more bacterial strains. Frequent bacterial isolates were S. aureus (17%), coagulase-negative staph...

background and aim: yogurt is one of the most consumed foods with different probiotic effects. the aim of this study was to evaluate antimicrobial effects of non-industrial yogurts on two common enteropathogens – salmonella and shigella. methods: in this experimental study, we evaluated the antimicrobial effects of 30 various non-industrial yogurt samples on 11 shigella sonnei, 7 shigella flexn...

Being naturally derived from the cellular glucose metabolism, glucosamine is present in the hyaluronic acid present in the synovial fluid and also the fluids that help in lubrication of the cartilage in the joint cavities. This monomer, derived from the shell-fish waste or shell-fish chitosan by hydrolysis, it is widely accepted as a dietary supplement by FDA with its increasing commercial pote...

objective(s):   the ongoing increasing antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest challenges faced by global public health. the perennial need for new antimicrobials against a background of increasing antibiotic resistance in pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms obliges the scientific community to constantly develop new drugs and antimicrobial agents. lichens are known prolific sources ...

objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of gutta percha/ah26 and resilon/realseal se on residual antimicrobial activity of chlorhexidine (chx) in human root dentin and suggest the best filling material when chx is used as final irrigant. materials and methods: one-hundred and forty-four single-rooted human teeth were selected for this study. canals were instrumented to the ...

AIM The aim of the study was to evaluate the ability of in vitro planktonic and immobilized cell models for determining the antimicrobial efficacy of common antimicrobial wound dressings. METHODS AND RESULTS Five strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus were tested against four antimicrobial wound dressings containing silver, h...

The basic premise of this research was to assess the ethnomedicinal uses of plants in an ancestral forest area at Naawan, Misamis Oriental and determine its inhibition effect against bacterial strains. The assessment of plants was conducted using the transect-plot method. Ethnomedicinal uses and the mode of preparations were obtained using a semi-structured interview questionnaire. Five ethnome...

The main purpose of the study is to determine resistance pattern of bacterial isolates to selected antibiotics among 88 dyspeptic patients in Iran. Frequency of infection among these patients have been evaluated among dyspeptic patients old (45 boys and 43 girls, aged 5-18 years) from 2016 to 2017.Eighty-eight patients with gastroduodenal disorders were included in the study. Urease test modifi...