background nasal colonization of healthy children with staphylococcus aureus is an important risk factor for different infections. detection of colonized individuals with methicillin resistant s. aureus (mrsa) and its eradication is the proper prevention strategy for infection spread in the community and health-care centers. objectives the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, asso...

this prospective clinical study was performed to investigate the colonization of h pylori in adenoid and tonsil tissues by using the campylobacter-like organism (clo) test. included in the study were 56 patients aged 3 to 43 yrs who had undergone adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy procedures under general anesthesia. two-mm diameter tissue pieces of adenoid and tonsil specimens ...

Background: Periprosthetic joint infection is a devastating complication of total joint arthroplasty. It seems that thepatient’s skin, nose, throat, and urine are important sites for microbial colonization. Colonization with staphylococcusaureus, especially methicillin resistant increases the risk of periprosthetic joint infection. The aim of this study was toassess the prevalence of staphyloco...

To assess the prevalence of skin and rectal colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in hospitalized bacteremic patients and to determine the relation between colonization and bacteremia, we compared 14 case patients who had bacteremia due to VRE with 30 control patients who had bacteremia due to other pathogens. Rectal colonization and skin (inguinal area and/or antecubital fossa...

background studies revealed that severity of atopic dermatitis correlates with colonization by s.aureus and the density of bacteria and antibiotic resistance is one of the factors in s.aureus recolonization. objectives we aimed to determine the pattern of colonization with different subtypes of s.aureus in patients with atopic dermatitis and its correlation with scorad (scoring atopic dermatiti...

background: orthodontic therapy has oral ecological changes causing increased numbers of mutans streptococci in saliva and plaque. the purpose of this study was to estimate counts and colonization pattern of streptococcus mutans after application of fixed orthodontic appliances. materials and methods: plaque samples of randomly selected sixty patients were collected before placement of orthodon...

staphyloccus aureus is one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections. in order to investigate the s. sureus colonization rate, 378 samples were taken from the nose and. throat of staffs of 4 university hospitals in kerman.the control group consists of the same number of people with similar age and sex distribution. seventy three hospitalized paients were also tested in this respect....

Background & Aims: Prevalence of community and hospital acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is increasing. The primary reservoir is the anterior nares; and nasal carriage is a risk factor for infection in a variety of populations. Infection due to hospital-acquired colonization is different from community acquired in clinical manifestations and antibiotics susc...

Introduction: The strain-specific capabilities of lactobacilli are critical for gut colonization. In this study, we evaluated various colonization determinants of 42 fecal Lactobacillus plantarum isolates from the healthy human fecal samples. Methods: We investigated the attachment to the Caco-2 cell line, biofilm formation ability and cell surface activity of the isolates. Such properties were...