PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to investigate the distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogenic bacteria in inpatients with pulmonary infection in the neurological intensive care unit (NICU). METHODS A total of 947 sputum specimens of 428 inpatients from May 2007 to May 2008 in the NICU were enrolled in the study, and bacterial identification and antibiotic susceptibility ...

ubiquicidin (ubi) [29-41] is a synthetic cationic antimicrobial peptide that preferentially binds to bacterial cell membrane at the site of infection. we aimed to assess diagnostic value of 99mtc-ubi [29-41] as a radiopharmaceutical in differentiation of bacterial infection from sterile inflammation in suspected orthopedic implants. nine patients suspected for orthopedic implant infection, all ...

nowadays the most difficult problem in treatment of bacterial infections is the appearance of resistant bacteria to the antimicrobial agents so that the attention is being drawn to other potential targets. in view of the positive findings of phage therapy, many advantages have been mentioned which utilizes phage therapy over chemotherapy and it seems to be a promising agent to replace the antib...

Amaç ve kapsam: Bu çalışmada Adana Şehir Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesin’de yatan COVID-19 hastalarından alınan endotrakeal aspirat (ETA), kan, kateter, örneklerinden izole edilen bakterilerin dağılımını antibiyotik direnç oranlarının belirlenmesi amaçlandı. Materyal metod: 1 Nisan 2020 ile 31 Mart 2021 tarihleri arasında PCR testi pozitif olarak tesbit 254 hasta çalışmaya dahil edildi. Hastalardan...

OBJECTIVES To determine the accuracy of a clinical decision rule (the traffic light system developed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)) for detecting three common serious bacterial infections (urinary tract infection, pneumonia, and bacteraemia) in young febrile children. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of data from a two year prospective cohort study SETTING...

background: the advancement of technology in recent decades has been lead to use the electrophysiology cardiac devices. although these devices are used increasingly, but the frequency of subclinical infection is unknown. we investigate bacterial infections due to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (icds) in patients with endocarditis. m aterials and methods: population of the study was cons...