A total of 730 Enterobacteriaceae strains isolated from 567 cultures were evaluated by a rapid kit method (Micro-ID; General Diagnostics, Morris Plains, N.J.; 4 h), an overnight incubation kit method (API 20E; Analytab Products, Plainview, N.Y.), and conventional biochemical test methodology (mostly overnight incubation and some rapid methods) to compare the amount of laboratory effort required...

The risk of foodborne diseases as well the dissemination antibiotic resistant bacteria increases with consumption street-vended food and beverages. This study investigated prevalence Salmonella spp. Citrobacter in beverages sold Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method was used to identify resistance profile isolates towards 11 selected antibiotics. Six beverage sampl...

To establish a definite diagnosis for pulmonary hydatid disease, combination of radiology and serology is useful. In this study, 19 preoperative sera from patients with surgically confirmed pulmonary hydatidosis, 40 sera from patients with other parasitosis and pulmonary diseases, and 20 sera from healthy donors were evaluated using 4 different serological tests, i.e., the commercial ELISA (ELI...