هدف: بر اساس مطالعه، بسیاری از دانشجویان، سال اول دانشگاه را یکی دوره‌های زمانی پراسترس و چالش‌زای زندگی می‌دانند قادر به سازگاری مناسب با آن نیستند. مطالعه حاضر هدف شناسایی تجارب زیسته دانشجویان پایین در خصوص مشکلات چالش‌های انجام شد. روش: روش پژوهش کیفی نوع پدیدارشناسی بود. داده‌ها استفاده مصاحبه نیمه ساختاریافته جمع‌آوری شد رویکرد 7 مرحله‌ای کلایزی مورد تجزیه تحلیل قرار گرفت. جامعه کلیه آزاد...

The pharmacodynamics of gemifloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae were investigated in a dilutional pharmacodynamic model of infection. Dose fractionation was used to simulate concentrations of gemifloxacin in human serum associated with 640 mg every 48 h (one dose), 320 mg every 24 h (two doses), and 160 mg every 12 h (four doses). Five strains of S. pneumoniae for which MICs were 0.016, 0...

A ratio of the vancomycin area under the concentration-time curve to the MIC (AUC/MIC) of ≥ 400 has been associated with clinical success when treating Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia, and this target was recommended by recently published vancomycin therapeutic monitoring consensus guidelines for treating all serious S. aureus infections. Here, vancomycin serum trough levels and vancomycin AUC/...

The pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) parameter for evaluating the efficacy of vancomycin is now recommended to target an AUC/MIC (area under curve, AUC; minimum inhibitory concentration, MIC) ratio 400 600, and trough concentration should not be used as a substitute. We report case intracranial infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE), which was sensiti...

In vitro activities of 13 antibiotics were assessed against 85 Brucella abortus isolates from naturally infected cattle in the Republic of Korea during 1998-2006, using broth microdilution test. Tetracyclines showed the most excellent activity against B. abortus, displaying MIC values of 0.5 μg/ml or below. In particular, minocycline showed the lowest MIC₅₀/₉₀ values (0.125/0.125 μg/ml) in this...

Antibiotic susceptibilities were determined for 122 Neisseria gonorrheae isolates obtained from 400 sex workers in Jakarta, Indonesia, and susceptibilities to ciprofloxacin, cefuroxime, cefoxitin, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, chloramphenicol, and spectinomycin were found. All isolates were resistant to tetracycline. A number of the isolates demonstrated decreased susceptibilities to erythromycin (M...

The concentration/MIC (C/MIC) ratio maximizing the bactericidal activity of ceftazidime against 10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from cystic fibrosis patients was identified. Bactericidal activity was assessed by determining the percent difference in the area under the killing curve at each C/MIC ratio for all of the isolates from that of their growth control. The percent effect at each C/MIC...

Triclosan MIC determination showed that recent Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates (n = 100) were highly susceptible to triclosan, with a 50% minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC(50)) of 0.12 microg/ml and a MIC(90) of 0.25 microg/ml. Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates (n = 96) were less susceptible, with a MIC(50) of 0.12 microg/ml and a MIC(90) of 8 microg/ml. Decreased susceptibility t...

OBJECTIVES To determine the correlation between various vancomycin MIC testing methodologies and explore the phenomenon of MIC creep. METHODS A total of 417 consecutive non-duplicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream isolates from Liverpool Hospital between 1997 and 2008 were retrieved. All isolates were classified using PFGE and underwent susceptibility testing f...