INTRODUCTION Analyzing antibiotic susceptibility pattern of Uropathogens helps to overcome the therapeutic difficulties created by the emerging antimicrobial resistant bacteria and guides in choosing appropriate empirical therapy. The aim of the study is to understand the susceptibility patterns of the uropathogens which assists in choosing the empirical therapy for UTI. Midstream urine samples...

Present work is a prospective study on UTI infected diabetic patients from Bangalore region, molecular character and antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas sp. infections. Among seventy seven samples, 10 % were identified as Pseudomonas sp. are isolated on C-TAB agar media and confirmed by morphological and biochemical tests. On testing antimicrobial activity by well diffusion methods, all...

Introduction: The beta hemolytic Streptococci (SBH), particularly the group A (pyogenes) is the leading bacterial cause of sore throat that occurs primarily in the paediatric population. Objective: To evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility of beta hemolytic Streptococcus from paediatric patients with pharyngitis, and infer the type of macrolide resistance mechanism. Material and methods: A t...

Physical properties as well as antimicrobial activities against Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica, and Listeria monocytogenes of allspice, garlic, and oregano essential oils (EOs) in tomato puree film-forming solutions (TPFFS) formulated into edible films at 0.5% to 3% (w/w) concentrations were investigated in this study. Antimicrobial activities were determined by 2 independent met...

The emergence of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. has necessitated the search for alternative parenteral agents such as the polymyxins. The National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) documents do not currently provide interpretative criteria for the testing of the polymyxins, colistin and polymyxin B. Therefore, an evaluati...

Antimicrobial activity of crude extracts and fractions of Vernonia polyanthes Less (assa-peixe) flowers. Vernonia polyanthes, known as “assa-peixe”, is a plant native to Brazil, and the decoction or infusion of its flowers, roots and leaves are used in folk medicine, being considered sources of diuretic, balsamic, anti-rheumatic substances, and are used in cases of bronchitis and persistent cou...

Quality assurance is essential to ensure the quality of antimicrobial susceptibility tests by diffusion methods. Routine internal quality control testing with a range of control strains is a major part of the quality assurance process, as it facilitates monitoring of the performance of the test. Most standardized methods include tables of acceptable zone size ranges for control strains and, in ...

The greatest threat to antimicrobial treatment of infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria is the production of carbapenemases. Metallo-beta-lactamases and plasmid-mediated serine carbepenemases like Klebsiella pneumonia carbapenemase are threatening the utility of almost all currently available beta-lactams including carbapenems. Detection of organisms producing carbapenemases can be diffic...