conclusions our study illustrates the importance of constantly monitoring the prevalent serotypes in any region in order to aid in the development of more effective vaccines. results our results revealed that in egypt, currently, the most prevalent serotypes were serogroup 6 and serotype 19f as they represented 58% of all isolates. high rates of resistance were found to different antibiotic cla...

conclusions: this study detected multiple drug resistance in pseudomonas aeruginosa including resistance to β-lactams, aminoglycosides, and fluoroquinolones. therefore, identification of drug resistance patterns in p. aeruginosa and detection of pan-resistant producing isolates are of great importance in prevention and control of infections in burn center ward. background: serious infections by...

The association of the emergence of bacterial resistance to clinical environments is common; however, aquatic environments, especially the polluted ones, also play a key role in this regard. Aquatic environments can act as facilitator for the exchange of mobile elements, responsible for resisting antibiotics. They even may stimulate the emergence and selection of these elements through contamin...

The association of the emergence of bacterial resistance to clinical environments is common; however, aquatic environments, especially the polluted ones, also play a key role in this regard. Aquatic environments can act as facilitator for the exchange of mobile elements, responsible for resisting antibiotics. They even may stimulate the emergence and selection of these elements through contamin...

background : uncontrolled and irrational use of antibiotics increases the rate of antimicrobial resistance and treatment failure. compliance with antibiotics is an important indicator to show how patients use their prescribed drugs and it can explain the relationship between drug administration and treatment outcome that needs to be monitored and promoted. we decided to evaluate compliance to a...

background: lower respiratory tract infections (ltris) are among the most common infectious diseases with potential life-threatening complications. methods: the study consisted of 426 patients with suspected ltris from mid and far western region of nepal between september 2011 and july 2014. the specimens were collected and processed according to the standard microbiological methods at the cent...

Background and Objective: Enterococcal infections are considered the most common nosocomial infections. Nowadays, enterococci show high resistance to common antibiotics, especially vancomycin. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium is one of the most common nosocomial infections, which is included in the World Health Organization priority pathogens list for research and development of new an...