Nitrofurans (furazolidone, furaltadone, nitrofurantoin, nitrofurazone) belong to a wide range of synthetic antibiotics used in the prevention gastrointestinal infections livestock, aquaculture and beekeeping. They were also as food supplements stimulate growth. In 1995, use nitrofurans veterinary medicine was banned European Union because carcinogenic potentially harmful effects humans. Illegal...

background: treatment regimens for the eradication of h. pylori as suggested in western studies may not be applicable for iran. herein, we conduct a systematic review to ascertain the efficacy of eradication therapy regimens used for iranian patients and introduce the more successful treatment regimens for iranians. materials and methods: this review was a comprehensive search of english and fa...

In their review, Arslan et al[1] did not describe the status of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) treatment with furazolidone and the resistance to this antibiotic. We have presented different surveys showing the resistance of H. pylori to furazolidone from Asia and South America. The resistance rates varied but were mostly low (< 5%). There are not enough data on its efficacy and resistance in t...

OBJECTIVE Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is the single most important determinant of treatment success. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori resistance to clarithromycin, amoxicillin, metronidazole, tetracycline, levofloxacin, rifabutin, and furazolidone in our local bacterial strains. METHODS Samples from consecutive ninety patients were obt...

Helicobacter pylori infection is a prevalent disease among Iranian children. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of ciprofloxacin and furazolidone on eradicating helicobacter pylori in Iranian children in combination with amoxicillin and omeprazole. In this cohort study, helicobacter pylori infection was confirmed by gastroscopy, rapid urease test or pathologic assessments. A to...

CONTEXT The antibiotic susceptibility is the cornerstone for the eradication therapies of Helicobacter pylori. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the prevalence of primary resistance of H. pylori was evaluated in an urban Brazilian population. METHODS H. pylori isolates were obtained from patients submitted to an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for the evaluation of dyspeptic symptoms. Biopsies from a...

We monitored antimicrobial susceptibility data for Salmonella strains isolated from humans, cattle, pigs, and chickens in The Netherlands from 1984 to 2001 in order to provide insight into the dynamics of resistance over time. The strains were tested for their susceptibilities to seven antimicrobial agents by the agar diffusion method. Resistance was most common in Salmonella enterica subsp. en...

BACKGROUND Cholera is an endemic disease in certain well-defined areas in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The west of the country, including the mega-city Kinshasa, has been free of cases since mid 2001 when the last outbreak ended. METHODS AND FINDINGS We used routinely collected passive surveillance data to construct epidemic curves of the cholera cases and map the spati...