Correspondence : Nahid Arianpour, Tehran, Iran. Tel: 912-2977306 Fax: 2188021913 E mail: [email protected] causes of maternal death for many decades (2). Infection made up 13% of pregnancy related deaths and was the fifth leading cause of death. In majority of instances bacteria responsible for postpartum infection are those that normally reside in the bowel (2). Most female pelvic infections...

PURPOSE The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of chemical agents on the clinical isolates in Madani Heart Hospital, Tabriz, Iran. METHODS The minimum bactericide concentration (MBC) of disinfectants including chlorhexidine (Fort), peracetic acid (Micro) and an alcohol based compound (Deconex) on selected bacteria at various dilutions were determined by the standard suspension...

71 samples of milk and dairy products were collected from 18 cities throughout Iran. 93 strains of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated and assayed against four opportunistic patho gens including E. coli, proteus and klebsiella as gram-negative and S. aureus as a gram-positive organism. All indicators (organisms) were hospital strains. Among isolated bacteria, lactobacilli (37 isolates)...

a survey was .carried out to determine the incidence of sepsis after surgical operation. a total of 133 cases were studied. 33 percent of elean wounds w~reqffected by some. post operative sepsis and yielded pathogenic bacteria on culture. staphylococcus aureus was the most common pathogen but pseudomonas and e. coli were also common. cultures were taken from the staff, the environment and objec...

OBJECTIVES Evaluate risk factors and clinical outcomes of infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae resistant to third-generation cephalosporins present in samples collected upon hospital admission. METHODS Risk factors were evaluated using a 1:2 ratio case-control study. Influence of resistance on the appropriateness of antibiotic therapy, length of stay, and hospital mortality were prospectiv...

Nosocomial outbreaks of bacteria are well documented. Based on these incidents, and the heavy usage of antibiotics in hospitals, it has been assumed that antibiotic resistance evolves in hospital environments. To test this assumption, we studied resistance phenotypes of bacteria collected from patient isolates at a community hospital over a 2.5-year period. A graphical model analysis shows no a...