Adherence factors and enterotoxins are major virulence factors of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). Antibiotics have been used frequently for the treatment and prevention of ETEC infection in piggeries worldwide, including Korea. Therefore, data on both virulence profiles and antibiotic resistance patterns are useful in the epidemiological study of ETEC. A total number of 198 E. coli fie...

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The aim of this study was to detect the presence carbapenem resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) in cattle and pigs. Altogether, 100 samples were collected, 50 each from pigs including mastitic milk faecal healthy as well diarrhoeic slaughter specimens Bacteria isolated antibiotic sensitivity test carried out. Eight isolates E. obtained 15 phenotypic resistance patterns against carbapenems (ert...

OBJECTIVE To assess microbiological isolates from diabetic foot ulcers presented at a tertiary care teaching hospital. METHODS The prospective observational study was conducted at department of Orthopaedics, Liaquat National Hospital Karachi, from January 2009 to October 2011, and comprised patients with diabetic foot ulcers (Wagner grading 1-4). Grade 0 and 5 were excluded. Wound swabs or ti...

INTRODUCTION Preventing and starting early treatment of infections in patients whose immunity system is weak due to malignancies like leukemia can reduce mortality. This study aimed to determine microbial and antibiotic resistance patterns in clinical samples of patients with acute leukemia to start early treatment before the results of clinical tests are known. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In this c...

Background and Objectives: Acute pyogenic meningitis is one of the most serious infections in infants and children. It is associated with serious complications and risk of morbidity and mortality. The purpose of present study was to identify the pathogen in acute pyogenic meningitis and to determine its antibiotic susceptibility pattern. Methods: Present study was undertaken for a period of one...

the impact of phenolic-contaminated water on microbial community structure was assessed using biolog microarrays techniques. the following biolog plates were used: gen iii plates, new test panel for identification of both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, ecoplates microarray for evaluation of functional diversity of microbial communities and phenotype microarrays (pms) for characteriza...