IRON AGE POTTERIES FROM TEL EN-GEV, ISRAEL

Multidrug-Resistant Candida haemulonii and C. auris, Tel Aviv, Israel

Candida auris and C. haemulonii are closely related, multidrug-resistant emerging fungal pathogens that are not readily distinguishable with phenotypic assays. We studied C. auris and C. haemulonii clinical isolates from 2 hospitals in central Israel. C. auris was isolated in 5 patients with nosocomial bloodstream infection, and C. haemulonii was found as a colonizer of leg wounds at a peripher...

Palaeodietary Study of Iron Age Population from Gohar Tepe (Iran)

Human and animal skeletal remains can provide information about the food chain of inhabitant’s nutrition of archaeologicalsites. The food chain which at it minerals and organic materials transferred from soil to the plants, from plants to theanimals, and from herbivores animals to the carnivores, is the benchmark system in ancient diet. Although Chemicalinteractions between soils, animal and hu...

Characterizing a Middle Bronze Palatial Wine Cellar from Tel Kabri, Israel

Scholars have for generations recognized the importance of wine production, distribution, and consumption in relation to second millennium BC palatial complexes in the Mediterranean and Near East. However, direct archaeological evidence has rarely been offered, despite the prominence of ancient viticulture in administrative clay tablets, visual media, and various forms of documentation. Tartari...

Detection of aac(6')-Ib-cr in KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from Tel Aviv, Israel.

OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate the occurrence and characteristics of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes in KPC-producing (KPC-P) Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn) isolates in Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel. METHODS Forty-seven KPC-P Kpn isolates were studied. Antibiotic susceptibilities were determined by Vitek 2, Etest or agar dilution. Beta-lactamases and PMQR determinants were ...

Advances in localized prostate cancer: highlights from the 2012 friends of Israel urological symposium, july 3-5, 2012, tel aviv, Israel.