objective(s) rapidly growing mycobacteria (rgm) are capable of producing diseases in humans. since mycobacteria vary in their susceptibility, precise identification is critical for adoption of correct drug therapy. the main aim of this study was molecular identification and evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of iranian clinically isolated myocbacterium fortuitum. materials and m...

The in vitro activities of 39 antimicrobial agents were assessed versus 74 clinical isolates of Branhamella catarrhalis. Resistance was observed only with penicillin and ampicillin and then only with beta-lactamase-producing strains. The results of in vitro susceptibility tests with agar dilution and broth microdilution procedures were found to be comparable. The results of broth tube macrodilu...

The present study was designed to evaluate the antifungal activity of Azima tetracantha extracts and isolated compound (friedelin) against fungi. Antifungal activity was carried out using broth microdilution method and fractions were collected using (silica gel) column chromatography. The antifungal activity of Azima tetracantha crude extracts and isolated compound (friedelin) were evaluated us...

The MICs of vancomycin for 56 random nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus isolates homogeneously resistant to methicillin (homMRSA), 16 heterogeneously resistant isolates (hetMRSA) and 25 susceptible isolates (MSSA) were determined by a standard broth microdilution method. Representative isolates were also tested by an agar incorporation method, the Etest and population analysis. Although always in...

K.E.M. Hospital, Parel, Mumbai-400012. Abstract Due to cost and complexity, reference broth microdilution antifungal susceptibility method is not feasible in resource constraint setting. Therefore here is a need to develop a cost effective method which would help in simultaneous rapid identification of Candida species and performance of disc diffusion susceptibility testing. Comparison of resul...

Manganese oxide nanoparticles (Mn3O4-NPs) were prepared using precipitation method. The prepared nanoparticles were characterized by a number of techniques, including X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier transforms infra red (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The XRD pattern showed that the structure of...

Several Flavobacterium species, comprising a heterogeneous group of gram-negative bacilli that are capable of causing opportunistic infections in humans, have recently been reclassified as Chryseobacterium or Myroides species. Intrinsically resistant to a number of antibiotics, these organisms have been reported to be susceptible to vancomycin and certain other drugs that are normally active ag...

A multicenter study was conducted to assess the inter- and intralaboratory reproducibility of the Etest for susceptibility testing of the rapidly growing mycobacteria. The accuracy also was evaluated by comparing Etest results to those obtained by broth microdilution. Ten isolates (four of the Mycobacterium fortuitum group, three of Mycobacterium abscessus, and three of Mycobacterium chelonae) ...