conclusions our findings suggested a worrying increase in resistance of v. cholerae strains to commonly used antibiotics. differences in patterns of resistance between afghan and iranian patients' samples were observed, which further emphasize a need for constant observation. results a st revealed high levels of resistance to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (89.6%), tetracycline (60.4%), ampicill...

Using 21 antimicrobial agents, agar dilution susceptibility tests were carried out against 190 strains of Yersinia enterocolitica. Isolates from human, environmental, and animal sources had essentially equal susceptibility patterns.

To assess the relatedness of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates recovered concurrently from blood and respiratory tract specimens from patients with pneumonia, we analyzed 24 paired isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), serotyping, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. PFGE, serotype, and/or susceptibility patterns were identical for 22 of 24 pairs. Susceptibility results for ...

background and objectives : the incidence of fungal infections in immunocompromised patients, especially by candida species, has increased in recent years. this study was designed to identify candida species and determine antifungal susceptibility patterns of 595 yeast strains isolated from various clinical specimens. material and methods : identification of the isolates were determined by the ...

background: although  candida albicans  remains the most common fungal isolate from clinical specimens, many studies have detected a shift towards non-albicans  candida species. despite worrying clinical pictures associated with latter species , there is little information regarding its susceptibility patterns against currently available antifungal agents, with only a small number of strains ha...

conclusions the results of antifungal susceptibility tests demonstrated that voriconazole was the most active drug against candida isolates. candida albicans is the most common yeast isolated from human blood world-wide; the unexpectedly higher rate of c. parapsilosis isolated in this study necessitates more studies with larger sample sizes in iran. results candida parapsilosis (c. parapsilosis...

patients and methods in this retrospective study, all urine samples of children hospitalized with urinary tract infection (288 patients, aged 1mon -14.5 years) during october 2008 to may 2011 were included in the study. after bacteria were identified by standard methods, antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using a panel of antimicrobial agents. results the most of patients were g...

conclusions according to the direct correlation between the increase in the prevalence rate of genital mycoplasmas and increased age of pregnancy, initially, it is better to prevent pregnancy at older ages, and then, should a pregnancy occur, the highest levels of health cares should be provided to older pregnant women. materials and methods three hundred and fifty high vaginal swabs were taken...

Bovine mastitis is the single most common cause for antibacterial use in lactating dairy cattle (18, 24). Treatment of this disease is also the most common cause of illegal antibacterial residues in marketed milk (10). Antibacterial therapy of bacterial-induced diseases in cattle has been incriminated as a catalyst for resistance in bacteria isolated from treated animals, other animals within t...