background: the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among enterobacteriaceae is increasing worldwide. identification of pathogens and their resistance to antimicrobials is mandatory for successful empiric antibiotic treatment. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance of enterobacteriaceae isolated from hospital-acquired and community-acquired infect...

Results In 2010 were identified 269 pathogens in 409 NI. The distribution including all sites of infection was: Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus (CNS) 20,6%, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 15,9%, Staphylococcus aureus 15,9%, Candida sp 7,8%, Escherichia coli 7,8%, Klebsiella sp 7,8%, Enterococcus sp 5,7%, Enterobacter sp 5,4%, Acinetobacter baumanii 3,4% and other agents 9,7%. The Staphylococcus sp se...

one hundred sixty two domestic fowls were examined for toxoplasma infection by both indirect haemagglutination tests for toxoplasma antibodies and inoculation of their brains intraperitoneally into mice for the parasite. the overall sero-positive rate (spr) was 29 percent with the titers ranging from 1:20 to 1:6400. the number of each species tested and their spr were: 74 hens (27.0%), 35 roost...

conclusions the current study revealed that 44% of those who received prophylaxis did not need it. in the patients who received antibiotics, the most common mistakes were antibiotic selection followed by prolonged prophylaxis (> 24 hours) and excess dose. results of the total 8586 patients who took antibiotics for preventive purposes, 4815 (56%) required antimicrobial prophylaxis, and 3771 (44%...

Background: The most common sexually transmitted diseases and the economic and social health problem throughout the world. However, vaccine coverage and antibiotic therapy and the development of programs to prevent and control major causes of acute and chronic diseases, pregnancy complications and infertility remains. Acute and chronic systemic viral infections can lead to infertility and perma...

hepatitis b virus (hbv) is the most prevalent viral infection and is among the leading causes of human liver diseases. nearly 360 millions of people are world widely infected with prolonged forms of hepatitis b including active and inactive chronic forms. chronic hepatitis b (chb) is associated with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) in patients suffering from congenital and/or acquir...