In a context of worldwide emergence of resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae strains, early detection of strains with decreased susceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics is important for clinicians. If the 1-microgram oxacillin disk diffusion test is used as described by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, no interpretation is available for strains showing zone sizes o...

background and objective: reports on mrsa strains are increasing worldwide. the aim of this study was to find the prevalence of mrsa strains isolated from clinical specimens and to evaluate their resistance profile. additionally we compared the phenotypic and genotypic methods for detection of methicillin resistance. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study, a total of 41 isolates o...

background and purpose: the status of medicinal plants in iranian traditional medicine and rich existence of herbal sources, on one hand, and current problems in curing infections, on the other hand, are the factors to study medicinal plants more accurately. tarragon (artemisia dracunculus l.) is a herbaceous plant from asteraceae family, available in planted and farming forms in iran. this stu...

OBJECTIVE To determine, by phenotypic and genotypic methods, oxacillin susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit patients seen at the University Hospital of the Botucatu School of Medicine. METHODS A total of 100 S. aureus strains isolated from the following materials were studied: 25 blood cultures, 21 secretions, 12 catheters, 3...

Background & Aims: The production of extended-spectrum-β-lactamases (ESBLs) is the main mechanism of resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. The outbreak of isolates simultaneously possessing several resistance mechanisms to β-lactam antibiotics caused a decrease in sensitivity of the confirmatory tests for ESBL. The aim of this study was the evaluation of the β-lactamase disk test method in the de...

conclusions the presence of bft gene in b. fragilis isolates wouldnot certainly result in diarrheaamong patients. there is not enough accordance between ddm and swedish e tests for antimicrobial susceptibility of b. fragilis for some antibiotics, although in other cases a good agreement was observed. background enterotoxigenic bacteroides fragilis (etbf) are one of the most important anaerobic ...

background and objective: pseudomonas aeruginosa has become a frequent cause of nosocomial infections, particularly in intensive care units (icus). many reports have documented high rates of resistance in this species to commonly-used broad-spectrum antibiotics. the aim of this study was to assess the in vitro activity of some antibiotics against pseudomonas aeruginosa strains to determine the ...

some plant extracts have been reported to exhibit antimicrobial properties. plant based pesticides appear to be an alternative for the synthetic pesticides because of their less dangerous impacts. the objective of this study was to assess the inhibitory activity of brassica napus water extract on mycelial growth of six phytopathogenic fungi rhizoctonia solani, phythophtora drechseleri, pythium ...