To the Editor—We read with interest the article by Kallen et al published in the April 2008 issue of the journal. Kallen et al presented a retrospective cohort study of bloodstream infection (BSI) in patients treated with intravenous prostanoids. The authors concluded that BSI due to gram-negative pathogens was more common in patients who received treatment with intravenous treprostinil than am...

BACKGROUND Over the past years, there has been increase in packaged water consumption in Nigeria. Although, there are several studies on microbial safety of sachet packaged drinking water, there is no information on prevailing pathogens. FINDINGS A comprehensive literature search and meta-analysis of peer reviewed primary studies reported from 2005 for microbiological safety of packaged drink...

A microbiological assay was conducted to assess consumer safety of toasted ukwa (African breadfruit) snack in the Aba metropolis, South-eastern Nigeria. The microbial loads, isolation and identification were carried out by spread plate agar dilution method. Results indicated that counts bacteria ranged from 3.12-7.22x103cfu/g. fungal 2.11- 5.48x103cfu/g while coliforms detected some market samp...

En la producción avícola los problemas respiratorios bacterianos son causa de pérdidas económicas por disminución producción, aumento del costo tratamiento con antibióticos y primera muerte en gallinas ponedoras. La presencia patógenos implica una distribución las unidades su identificación pruebas bioquímicas permite caracterización a nivel especie adecuado. El objetivo presente estudio fue id...

Celiac disease is a chronic immune-mediated caused by dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals. Dysbiotic changes the intestinal microbiota contribute to loss of tolerance and an increase permeability barrier, thus contributing pathogenesis celiac disease. Taxonomic dysbiosis characterized decrease probiotic (anti-inflammatory) bacteria such as Bifidobacterium spp., Lactobacillus s...

The ability to rapidly differentiate coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CoNS) from Staphylococcus aureus and to determine methicillin resistance is important as it affects the decision to treat empiric antibiotic selection. The objective of this study was to evaluate CHROMagar S. aureus and CHROMagar MRSA (Becton Dickinson) for rapid identification of Staphylococcus spp. directly from blood cul...

Inadequate cleaning of removable dentures Sromotes tKe accumulation and adKesion of bio¿lm, which is one of the main causes of failure of these Srostheses &omSlete denture bio¿lm is de¿ned as a dense layer of complex microbial communities embedded in a polymeric matrix, and it is known to contain more than 1011 microorganisms by gram in dry weight 13 7he composition of the denture bio¿lm microb...

Although Salmonella cause serious infections in animals, they are also of great importance with their zoonotic features. In this study, the antibacterial effects myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) essential oil on poultry and human isolated spp., S. typhimurium ATCC 14028, Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus 25923, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus 43300), Gram-negative (Pseudomonas aeruginosa 27853...

BACKGROUND:Cystitis and pyelonephnitis in ruminants mostoften result from ascending urinary tract infection (UTI).OBJECTIVES: Investigating the prevalence of urine infection andits relationship with histopathological findings of bladder andkidney. METHODS: This study was carried out on 353 slaughteredbuffalos (143 female and 210 male) at Ahvaz abattoir, southwest ofIran. After slaughter, urinar...