BACKGROUND Enteric fever is a global health problem, and rapidly developing resistance to various drugs makes the situation more alarming. The potential use of Lactobacillus to control typhoid fever represents a promising approach, as it may exert protective actions through various mechanisms. METHODS In this study, the probiotic potential and antagonistic activities of 32 Lactobacillus isola...

Objective(s)Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a common parasitic disease which is endemic in some parts of the world. In vitro and in vivo studies have shown azithromycin efficacy on some Leishmania species. Because of structural similarity between clarithromycin and azithromycin and efficacy of clarithromycin against intracellular organisms and due to the absence of previous studies in this respect, ...

Background: In the last few years, a marked decrease in male fertility has been reported. Environmental factors were recently suspected for this problem. The misuse of medicines especially antibiotics are among environmental factors that can affect reproductive system. Ciprofloxacin is a synthetic antibacterial agent belonging to the family of fluoroquinolones with a very broad spectrum effect ...

The objectives of this study were to assess the microbiological quality of Egyptian yoghurt and to investigate the antagonistic activity of some probiotic bacteria against some food borne pathogens in vitro and in yoghurt. The results indicated a poor microbiological quality of yoghurt, since the microbiological parameters recorded higher values than the admissible levels. Results from the agar...

Abstract Background Green mold disease on citrus caused by Penicillium digitatum is the most serious and destructive disease. It causing 90% of production losses during post-harvest handling. Results In this study, activity seven yeast isolates from lemons against P. , a fungal pathogen that causes green in lemons, was isolated examined. vitro experiments showed isolate three significantly redu...

Background: While assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs) are considered to be safe, many concerns exist about the safety of these techniques. Two important and indispensable parts of these techniques are in vitro culture and vitrification. While much progress has been made in developing culture conditions, it remains suboptimal. In order to investigate the effect of culture medium on in vitro ...

background and objectives: the aim of our study was to characterize gizzard lactobacillus fermentum-group strains on the basis of their phenotypic profiles regarding characteristics of lactobacilli. in addition, their in vitro potential probiotic properties were evaluated. materials and methods: the lactic acid bacteria were isolated and identified from gizzard contents of algerian local poultr...