background nosocomial infections including infections of surgical wounds, urinary tract and lower respiratory tract infections are a major public health problem in hospitals worldwide. bacterial infections in the lower respiratory tract especially due to gram negative bacilli, has remained a major complication of tracheal intubation in patients requiring ventilator equipments. objectives the ai...

INTRODUCTION Patients with CF experience pulmonary exacerbations. These are often initially empirically treated with intravenous antibiotics, with antibiotic choice refined after susceptibility testing. METHODS We completed a 5-year retrospective review of children attending the Paediatric CF Unit, Nottingham. The respiratory sampling, antibiotic prescribing and susceptibility testing guidanc...

background and objective: implementation of standard methods for accurate detection of bacteria, correct antibiotic susceptibility testing and effective treatment of bacterial infections play important roles in development of public health and prevention of drug resistance. this study aimed to detect bacteria using standard methods and compare the results with the results obtained in teaching h...

Shigella is a major cause of dysentery across the world. Appropriate antibiotic treatment of shigellosis depends on resistance patterns. The present study was conducted to identify Shigella species and their antibiotic resistance patterns among dysenteric patients in Rezaei Hospital of Damghan. Isolation of Shigella species was conducted by specific culture medium and biochemical tests. The Shi...

Objective(s) Amongst the various antibiotic resistant elements in Vibrio. cholerae, SXT constin (SXT-C) is important. We were going to design a quick method for determination of antibiotic resistance gene pattern in SXT-C. Materials and Methods Ninety four V. cholerae O1El Tor isolates were used in this study. Antibiotic susceptibility testing, multiplex PCR amplification of SXT-C containing...

objective(s) amongst the various antibiotic resistant elements in vibrio. cholerae, sxt constin (sxt-c) is important. we were going to design a quick method for determination of antibiotic resistance gene pattern in sxt-c. materials and methods ninety four v. cholerae o1el tor isolates were used in this study. antibiotic susceptibility testing, multiplex pcr amplification of sxt-c containing df...

background and objectives: there is increasing emergence of multidrug resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa (mdrpa) strains and drug resistance is positively-correlated with biofilm-forming ability. since about 10% of p. aeruginosa genome is controlled by quorum sensing (qs), alteration in its antibiotic susceptibility by targeting qs was the focus of the present study. materials and methods : one d...