CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES The appropriate use of antibiotic prophylaxis in the perioperative period may reduce the rate of infection in the surgical site. The purpose of this review was to evaluate adherence to guidelines for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis. METHODS The present systematic review was performed according to the Cochrane Collaboration methodology. The databases selected for this re...

Aim: The consequences of antibiotic overuse are substantial. We combined and analyzed the infection diagnoses and antibiotic prescribing practices of physicians in outpatient settings. Recommendations for targeting policy efforts to focused areas are given. Methods: Antibiotic prescriptions and infections diagnosed were provided by a German statutory health insurance provider over a 12-month pe...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to establish whether there was a relationship between the number of antibacterial agents used and total antibiotic use in European hospitals. METHODS A total of 139 hospitals from 30 countries supplied data on antibiotic use (ATC group J01) for 2001, expressed as the number of defined daily doses per 100 occupied bed-days (DDD/100 BD) and also numbers of d...

Background and Aim: Antibiotic resistance has become an issue of global importance due to increasing levels bacterial infections worldwide. Farm management usage antibiotics in livestock are known risk factors associated with the increase antibiotic resistance. Goats sheep examples large populations. Although bacteria from negatively affects both human health economy, data regarding this goats ...

People who supplement their diets with extra zinc usually have potentially harmful changes in lipoprotein metabolism. Because zinc can interfere with copper metabolism and copper deficiency has produced similar changes in lipid metabolism in animals and people, the hypothesis that lipid alterations from high zinc intakes are accompanied by changes in copper metabolism was tested. Progenies of s...

The present study was aimed to determine the prevalence and characteristics of Salmonella isolated from meat samples of commercial broilers (CB) and spent hens (SH). Between March and June 2016, 200 retail raw chicken carcasses (100 from CB and 100 from SH) were obtained from local supermarkets in Tai'an city of China, and Salmonella isolates were then analyzed for antibiotic resistance, seroty...

International trade with ornamental fish is gradually recognized as an important source of a wide range of different antibiotic resistant bacteria. In this study we therefore characterized the prevalence of selected antibiotic resistance genes in the microbiota found in the carriage water of ornamental fish originating from 3 different continents. Real-time PCR quantification showed that the su...

BACKGROUND The problem of antimicrobial resistance has become topical and alarming all over the world, including Kazakhstan. Nosocomial strains of microorganisms are widespread, being resistant to the majority of available antimicrobials. This results in longer periods of hospital stay, increases in financial expenditures, and sometimes, in lethal outcomes. The social importance of antimicrobia...