background acinetobacter has become an important cause of different infections such as wound infection, due to its great ability to survive and spread in hospital settings and to develop resistance against many antibiotics. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the antibiotic resistance among isolates of acinetobacter from wound infections during a 7-year period, from 2005 to 2011...

conclusion skin test anergy is uncommon among drug users and the ppd skin test may be reliably used for the identification of latent tb infection in the population. results a total of 221 patients (216 male, mean age 43.5 ± 14.3 years) were studied. tuberculin skin test results showed that 87 subjects (39.4%) tested positive for tb reactivity. reactivity to tetanus and candida antigens were obs...

drug resistance (especially multiple drug resistance) in mycobacterium tuberculosis makes global concerns in treatment and control of tuberculosis. rapid diagnosis of drug resistant strains of the bacteria has vital importance in the prognosis of the disease. the aim of this study was to identify the mutations responsible for drug resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis strains derived from pa...

Abstract Background Chlorhexidine is a widely used disinfectant in clinical settings and broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent effective against aerobic anaerobic bacteria. However, resistant or non-susceptible bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, have been found. This study aimed to develop new technique prevent control A. baumannii infection the hospital setting. Met...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the major pathogens causing hospital-acquired infections. It can easily develop antibiotic resistance through chromosomal mutations or by horizontal acquisition of resistant determinants. The increasing prevalence of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) or extensively-drug-resistant (XDR) P. aeruginosa isolates is associated with the dissemination of the so-called high-ri...

BackgroundThere is a dearth of reports on drug-resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) treatment outcomes among pregnant women in (TB)/HIV high-burdened countries. We report 18 with DRTB Uganda.MethodsWe reviewed charts individuals who received Uganda across 16 sites. included all were during and had outcome documented between 2013 2019.ResultsThere mean age (standard deviation (SD)) 27.5 (5.2) years, wh...

The evolution of drug resistant Plasmodium parasites is a major challenge to effective malaria control. In theory, competitive interactions between sensitive parasites and resistant parasites within infections are a major determinant of the rate at which parasite evolution undermines drug efficacy. Competitive suppression of resistant parasites in untreated hosts slows the spread of resistance;...

It is believed that replication capacity is an important determinant of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) pathogenicity and transmissibility. To explore this, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the replication properties of nine drug-resistant and nine drug-susceptible viral isolates derived from patients with primary HIV-1 infection. Viral isolates were tested for single-cycle ...

Improving cleaning and disinfection performance must be taken into account for prevention and control of infection. Health care settings are engaged in a battle against healthcare associated infection (HAIs). The importance of infection prevention and control is increasing due to rapidly developing strains of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) that can result in serious illness and even dea...