objective: the growing resistance of different bacteria to antibiotic chemical drugs have become the global issue. this investigation is the first study of the antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of flowering aerial parts of vaccinium arctostaphylos. the current research was conducted to evaluate the antibacterial effects of essential oils and hydroalcoholic extract  extracted from aeri...

Pneumococcal disease is endemic all over the world. Epidemics may occur, most often in closed institutional settings such as schools and military camps, but account for only a minority of all the cases. The total incidence of pneumococcal pneumonia in Western populations is 1–5 per 1000 person-years, and several times higher in the very young and the elderly. In developing countries it is estim...

Correspondence: Francisco Alvarez-Lerma intensive Care Unit, Hospital del Mar, Passeig Marítim, 25-29, 08003, Barcelona, Spain Tel +34 93 248 3125 Fax +34 93 248 3254 email [email protected] Abstract: Doripenem (S-4661) is a new parenteral antibiotic from the carbapenem class; similarly to imipenem and meropenem, it has a broad-spectrum activity against Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and ana...

Doripenem (S-4661) is a new parenteral antibiotic from the carbapenem class; similarly to imipenem and meropenem, it has a broad-spectrum activity against Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and anaerobic bacteria. It is active against multiresistant Gram-negative bacilli such as extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing (ESBL) Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae and nonfermentative Gram-negative bacil...

background and objectives: the appearance of antibiotic resistance in streptococcus pneumoniae has raised a global concern over the past three decades. this study was conducted to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of s. pneumoniae isolated from patients in children´s medical center (cmc) hospital during 2001 to 2011. materials and methods: during the 11 years period, a total of 194 s. ...

background: pneumocystis carinii is one of opportunistic organisms especially in immuno-compromised patients. for years, diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia (pcp) has relied on microscopic visualization of organism in specimens obtained from the lung either by bronchoalveolar lavage (bal) or by induction of sputum, but failed to provide efficient diagnosis. the aim of this study was to compare ...

pasteurella multocida is an opportunistic pathogen responsible for pneumonia of lambs and goats, respiratory atrophic rhinitis of swine. although the molecular basis of the pathogenicity and host specificity of p. multocida is not well understood, several studies have reported that a number of proteins are correlated with the pathogenic mechanisms. adhesins have a crucial role in mediating colo...

b ackg r oun d : multi-drug resistant strains of acinetobacter spp. have created therapeutic problems worldwide. the objective of this study was to detect integrons  in acinetobacter   spp. isolates  from ventilator-associated  pneu- monia patients using pcr method. me t ho d s : a total 51 bronchoalveolar lavage samples were obtained from patients in icu and examined for acinetobacter spp. inf...