Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Determine the exact incidence and nature of the microbial flora in bile of the patients with cholelithiasis and chronic cholecystitis as well as their antibiotic sensitivity pattern. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Dear Editor, The most p...

The increasing presence of drug-resistant bacterial infections among hospitalAbstract ised patients has resulted in greater numbers of patients receiving inappropriate antimicrobial treatment. This has led to the development of a novel paradigm guiding the administration of empirical antimicrobial therapy for patients with serious infections in the hospital setting. Antibacterial de-escalation ...

In a study carried out at tertiary care hospital we had processed 50 specimens such as operation table (10), sink (9), cheatle forcep fluid (8), thermometer fluid (8), hand wash bowl solution (8), mops (4) and eye drops (3) from various sites in the wards and operation theatres for isolation, identification and antibiotic susceptibility pattern. The specimens were collected after the cleaning a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the occurrence of bacterial pathogens responsible for diarrhea and to engender information regarding the effectiveness of commonly used antibiotic against diarrhea. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted between April and July 2014. Samples were collected from the Divisional Headquarter and Allied Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan. The differential and selective ...

Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from bovine clinical and subclinical mastitis were tested for ß-lactamase production and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. Beta-lactamase production was assessed by penicillin-phenol red acidometric test. Antimicrobial susceptibility was tested by measuring MIC by Resazurin dye broth microdilution method. Forty per cent of isolates tested were positive for ...

OBJECTIVES Grapefruit-seed extract (GSE) Citricidal has, in recent reports, been reported to be successful in combating a variety of common infectious agents. In our study, drops of concentrated grapefruit-seed extract were tested for antibacterial properties against a number of gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. DESIGN Sixty-seven (67) distinct biotypes were tested for their suscepti...

Background: Multidrug resistance and production of extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) by enteric gram-negative rods in hospitals and community continue to be worsened. We aimed to characterize the multidrug resistance and determine the prevalence of ESBL production by clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae in southeast Iran. Methods: Gram-negative bacteria isolated from clinical samples of...

A new high throughput antibacterial method employing the dye resazurin as an indicator of bacterial growth was developed to evaluate drug susceptibility by combined measurements of microtitre-plates, colorimetric and haemocytometric assays. The bacterial strains E. coli, B. subtilis, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus (multi-drug resistant strain) were used to evaluate the preliminary screening of pla...

background: multidrug resistance and production of extended spectrum β-lactamases (esbls) by enteric gram-negative rods in hospitals and community continue to be worsened. we aimed to characterize the multidrug resistance and determine the prevalence of esbl production by clinical isolates of enterobacteriaceae in southeast iran.   methods: gram-negative bacteria isolated from clinical samples ...