Background: The spread of resistant bacteria has caused serious concern worldwide. multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensive drug-resistant (XDR) limits the choice antibiotics, making available antibiotics less effective. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate resistance patterns seven global threatening organisms announced by Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) one year in Iran, ca...

Nowadays the most difficult problem in treatment of bacterial infections is the appearance of resistant bacteria to the antimicrobial agents so that the attention is being drawn to other potential targets. In view of the positive findings of phage therapy, many advantages have been mentioned which utilizes phage therapy over chemotherapy and it seems to be a promising agent to replace the antib...

Each year in the United States, approximately two million persons become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, at least 23,000 persons die as a direct result of these infections, and many more die from conditions complicated by a resistant infection. Antibiotic-resistant infections contribute to poor health outcomes, higher health care costs, and use of more toxic treatments. Although em...

Drug resistant bacteria have been posing a major challenge to the effective control of bacterial infections for quite some time. One of the main causes of antibiotics drug resistance is antibiotic overuse, abuse, and in some cases, misuse, due to incorrect diagnosis. Bacterial antibiotic resistance is a significant issues faced by various industries, including the food and agricultural industri...

Objective: Isolation and identification of antibiotics resistant bacteria in raw milk. Methods: Luria-Bertani plates containing ampicillin (32 μg/mL), clindamycin (4 μg/mL), or chloramphenicol (32 μg/mL) were used in isolating the antibiotics resistant bacteria from samples; 16S rRNA analysis method was used to identify the isolates; blood agar plates were used in hemolysis assay; K-B disk diff...

Antibiotic resistance thwarts the treatment of infectious diseases worldwide. Although a number of factors can be identified which contribute to the problem, clearly the antibiotic as a selective agent and the resistance gene as the vehicle of resistance are the two most important, making up a 'drug resistance equation'. Both are needed in order for a clinical problem to arise. Given sufficient...

This study aimed at investigating the presence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in river bed sediments of the Apies River, Gauteng, South Africa, in order to better inform health management decisions designed to protect users of the river. Overall, 180 water and sediment samples were collected at 10 sites along the Apies River from January to February 2014. E. coli was enumerated using ...

Abstract Antibiotic resistance in soil environment has eminently been compared and studied between agricultural pristine soils, the role of concentrated animal feeding operations markedly recognized as one major sources antibiotic resistance. This study described tetracycline small-scale farms pursuit presenting its possible contribution to persistence environment. Results would render addition...

Background: Treatment of chronic sinusitis is complicated due to increase of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The aim of this study was to determine the multidrug resistance (MDR) pattern of the bacteria causing chronic sinusitis in north of Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on patients with chronic sinusitis. Bacterial susceptibility to antimicrobial agents was determi...