In the USA, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) is endemic in hospitals, despite lack of carriage among healthy individuals. In Europe, however, hospital outbreaks are rare, but VREF carriage among healthy individuals and livestock is common. We used amplified fragment-length polymorphism analysis to genotype 120 VREF isolates associated with hospital outbreaks and 45 non-epidemic ...

A young man presented with primary multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The institution of second-line regimes with insufficient efficacy due to clinical inexperience, unreliable sensitivity reports and the inavailability of second-line drugs led to the development of an organism that was resistant to ten anti-tuberculous drugs. Accurate sensitivity testing done in an overseas laboratory enabled ...

Introduction and objectives: Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) is a serious global threat and World Health Organization (WHO) declared AMR is the one among 10 public health threat facing the humanity. Increase in Carbapenem resistant is the major problem which hinders the patient treatment. Various genes are responsible for carbapenem resistant but the gene bla-NDM has the ability to inactivate var...

during winter 2004 and 2005, two field and glasshouse experiments were conducted to evaluate the response of 471 chickpea genotypes to ascochyta rabiei, as ascochyta blight (ab) disease in chickpea (cicer aurietimum). frequent rainfall at flowering and pod formation stages made favorite conditions conducive for the infection and symptoms expression. so, the genotypes with high level of toleranc...

background: transmission of mycobacterium tuberculosis ( m. tuberculosis ) can occur in different ways. furthermore, drug resistant in m. tuberculosis family is a major problem that creates obstacles in treatment and control of tuberculosis (tb) in the world. one of the most prevalent families of m. tuberculosis is haarlem, and it is associated with drug resistant. our objectives of this study ...

background and aim: steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (srns) accounts for 10%-20% of all cases of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. these patients are at risk of developing end-stage renal disease. the aim of this study was to determine the demographic characteristics, renal biopsy findings, response to immunosuppressive treatment, and prognosis in pediatric patients with srns.materials and met...

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) is a major cause of nosocomial infections all around the world. mrsas are usually present in health care centers and hospitals. nowadays methicillin-resistant mrsas in two groups of healthcare associated mrsa (ha_mrsa) and community associated mrsa (ca_mrsa)were studied. predisposing factors for ha_mrsa infections included hemodialysis, surgery...

staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen and remains a common cause of burn wound infections. different studies have shown that entrapment of plant-derived compounds into liposomes could increase their anti-staphylococcus aureus activity. silymarin is the bioactive extract from the known plant silybum marianum l. the objective of this study was to evaluate efficacy of silymarin in fre...

conclusions the results illustrated the diversity of antibacterial resistance and virulence gene profiles among different sccmec types of s. aureus. the increased prevalence of methicillin-resistant s. aureus isolates containing different toxin and antibiotic resistance genes is a serious threat for the hospitalized patients in the intensive care units. methods in this cross-sectional study tha...