ABSTRAKAda banyak kasus resistensi bakteri karena penggunaan antibiotik yang tidak tepat. Ini akan menyebabkan meluasnya resistensi. Staphylococcus aureus telah diketahui resisten terhadap golongan penisilin. Oleh itu perlu dilakukan pengobatan alternatif dengan menggunakan bahan-bahan alami. Daun pegagan (Centella asiatica) mengandung senyawa aktif seperti flavonoid, tanin, fenol, saponin dan ...

Abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility, and molecular characterization of Aeromonas spp. from wild Nile tilapia Lake Manzala lake water. Swabs surface, gills, internal organs apparently healthy (n =100) water = 25) were collected examined bacteriologically for presence The isolates obtained tested their susceptibility 11 agents using disk ...

L euconostoc lactis is a gram-positive facultative anaerobic coccus or coccobacillus, catalase and oxidase negative, which grow in pairs and chains, forming colonies morphologically mistaken for Enterococcus or Streptococcus viridans by routine biochemical testing in the clinical microbiology laboratories. This organism is leucine aminopeptidase–positive and produces gas from glucose. L lactis ...

On September 2004, an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred at a nursery school in Kitakyushu City, Japan. The total number of patients was 98; their major symptoms were diarrhea (95 persons) and fever (72 persons). The onset of the symptoms was distributed from September 7 to September 17 (Fig. 1). Because the lunch served at the nursery school was suspected as the source of infection, 32 store...

With this October issue, CLÍNICAS begins to introduce a new style. At this point we have started to reorganize our Editorial Board to cover a worldwide spectrum of expertise. Next, will be internet online submission and handling of manuscripts which we hope to have operational by early 2005. We are looking forward to receiving your original paper, or your case report. In this issue we are publi...

The pattern of using antibiotics in community pharmacies in Portharcourt city was investigated with a view of measuring the existing practices in the consumer use of antibacterial drugs. This will serve as a guide to health policy makers to improve rational use of drugs. The parameters investigated are the pattern of sale of antibacterial drugs, pharmacist-patient communication at the point of ...