The aim of this study was to assess the frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterobacter isolated from clinical specimens of patients in a tertiary hospital. We collected different samples mostly from intensive care units (ICU), including sputum, central venous catheters, samples from infected surgical sites, from endotracheal and urethral catheters. Disk diffusion test was used to st...

The search for novel antimicrobial agents to combat microbial pathogens is intensifying in response rapid drug resistance development current antibiotic therapeutics.

Wound infections result in sepsis, limb loss, long hospital stays, higher costs, and are responsible for significant human mortality and morbidity worldwide. The aim of this study was to investigate the profile of pathogens cultured from wound infection and determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. A retrospective analysis of bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility...

Escherichia albertii is an emerging member of the Enterobacteriaceae causing human and animal enteric infections. Antimicrobial resistance among enteropathogens has been reported to be increasing in the past years. The purpose of this study was to investigate antibiotic resistance and resistance genes in E. albertii isolated from Zigong city, Sichuan province, China. The susceptibility to 21 an...

T use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals can result in antimicrobial drug–resistant infections in humans. A good example is the use of fluoroquinolone in poultry and the emergence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter infections among humans. However, topics of intense debate include the widespread use of antimicrobial drugs in animals, the extent to which antimicrobial drug ...

BACKGROUND The misuse of antimicrobial agents increases drug resistance in bacteria. METHODS The correlation between antimicrobial agent consumption and related resistance in the Gram-negative bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Proteus mirabilis was analyzed during the period 2003-2011. RESULTS Among these five bacteria, ov...

Infectious diseases are one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality and the spread of resistant microorganisms is playing a significant role in this regard. The purpose of this study was to assess the trend in antimicrobial resistance of gram-positive bacteria at the main referral teaching hospital in Tehran during a 4-year period. All patients' biological isolates such as blood, u...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the second most sexually transmitted diseases agents in developing countries. Antimicrobial resistance strains have created serious health concern. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of endocervical gonococcal infection and antimicrobial susceptibility of N. gonorrhoeae in Kashan, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, 2...