Background and Aims: Identifying meningitis-causing bacteria play an important role in selecting the appropriate antibiotic vaccine and reducing the complications of meningitis. The present study aimed to identify the most common bacteria causing meningitis in patients referred to Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 60 patients have participated...

BACKGROUND The microbiomes of humans are associated with liver and lung inflammation. We identified and verified alterations of the oropharyngeal microbiome and assessed their association with cirrhosis and pneumonia. METHODS Study components were as follows: (1) determination of the temporal stability of the oropharyngeal microbiome; (2) identification of oropharyngeal microbial variation in...

We report a case of Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae which was resistant to optochin in 50 yr old female patient who presented with high fever and chills to hospital. She also complained of productive cough. Sputum for microbiological evaluation was sent to lab from which streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to optochin was isolated .Isolate was resistant to major antibiotic used for pne...

To the Editor—The recent report on ‘co-infection of influenza B and Streptococcus’ by Lam et al1 is very interesting. They reported “four cases infected with influenza B and streptococci that gave rise to severe pneumonia” and mentioned that “this is the second case report of severe invasive pneumococcal pneumonia secondary to influenza B infection.”1 Indeed, both influenza B and Streptococcus ...

Pendahuluan: Pneumonia adalah infeksi akut yang mengenai jaringan paru-paru (alveoli) dapat disebabkan oleh bakteri, virus, dan jamur. Sebagian besar bakteri. Adapun gejala berupa panas tinggi disertai batuk berdahak, napas cepat (frekuensi nafas >50 kali/menit), sesak, serta lainnya (sakit kepala, gelisah nafsu makan berkurang). Tujuan: untuk mengetahui aktivitas anti bakteri konsentrasi pa...

conclusions it can be concluded that a. otitidis was the major causative agent of mee in children with ome. therefore clinicians should be aware that bacterial infection plays an important role in the progression of acute otitis media to ome in children of our region. results the bacterial cultures in 8.6% of samples were positive by conventional culture, with a. otitidis, m. catarrhalis and s....