conclusions the prevalence of esbl-producing klebsiella strains in shahid-beheshti hospital in kashan has increased. the study concluded that there was a high prevalence of the blactx-m type gene among esbl positive isolates. patients and methods one hundred klebsiella spp. were isolated from clinical specimens of hospitalized patients at shahid-beheshti hospital from december 2012 to november ...

Objective(s): Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) determinants and integrons have a considerable contribution to bacterial drug resistance in Gram-negative pathogens. We studied the prevalence of PMQR genes and integron carriage in multidrug-resistant community isolates of Klebsiella spp.Materials and Methods: Two hundred and fi...

to study the putative transfer of antibiotic resistance from broiler breeders to human, hen’s eggs and theirday-old chicks were examined for the presence of bacteria. the most frequently isolated organisms indecreasing order were: streptococcus spp., bacillus spp., staphylococcus spp., klebsiella spp., enterobacterspp. and escherichia coli followed by citrobacter spp., proteus spp. and pseudomo...

background: lower respiratory tract infections are among important causes of morbidity and mortality for all age groups. the emergence of multidrug resistant gram-negative bacilli is an issue of increasing concern. materials and methods: a retrospective study including respiratory specimens (sputum and bal) was conducted in our tertiary care centre. samples were processed for microscopy, cultur...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infectious diseases at the community level. In order to assess the adequacy of empirical therapy, the susceptibility of antibiotics and resistance pattern of bacteria responsible for UTI in West Bengal, India, were evaluated throughout the period of 2008-2013. The infection reports belonging to all age groups and both sexes were considered...

This study was designed to evaluate the frequency and profile of bloodstream infection (BSI) in a burn intensive care unit (BICU) in Tripoli, Libya, from 1st January 2000 to 31st December 2007 and to determine the prevalence of different bacteria involved in such infections and their antimicrobial susceptibilities. During the eight-year study period, 995 patients were admitted to the BICU. Bloo...

The harvesting of rainwater is gaining acceptance among many governmental authorities in countries such as Australia, Germany, and South Africa, among others. However, conflicting reports on the microbial quality of harvested rainwater have been published. To monitor the presence of potential pathogenic bacteria during high-rainfall periods, rainwater from 29 rainwater tanks was sampled on four...

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are considered a significant cause of mortality in hospitalized patients; Also, it is associated with high healthcare costs. Microbial pathogens that may these different – Staphylococcus spp, Enterococcus spp., Escherichia coli, Klebsiella Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, and others. In addition, role plays yeast fungus, Candida spp. this revi...

Sensitivities to gentamicin, sissomicin, tobramycin, and amikacin were compared in 196 gentamicin-resistant Gram-negative rods and in 212 similar organisms sensitive to gentamicin, mainly isolated from clinical specimens. Amikacin was the aminoglycoside most active against gentamicin-resistant organisms, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, klebsiella spp, Escherichia coli, Proteus spp, Providencia spp, and...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES AmpC beta-lactamases are Group I cephalosporinases that confer resistance to a wide variety of beta-lactam drugs. Plasmid mediated AmpC beta-lactamases has been discovered most frequently in isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae, K. oxytoca, Salmonella, Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli. The present study was undertaken to study the occurrence of multidrug resistant and...