The present study investigated the drug-resistance to the selected antibiotics in Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium and beta-haemolytic coagulase-positive staphylococci isolated from pigeons bred in Poland. In the case of E. coli, tetracyclines and amoxicillin were least effective. In the staphylococci, the highest resistance was detected for oxytetracycline and quinolones and 5% were re...

enterococcus and lactococcus are gram-positive cocci that often occur in pairs ( diplococci ) or short chains, and are difficult to differentiate from streptococci on physical characteristics alone. enterococcus faecium because have concern antibiotic resistant, consider difficult as probiotic. the results of an assay show that a probiotic e. faecium strain might be a potential recipient of van...

BACKGROUND We assessed prevalence and resistance of uropathogens on antimicrobial agents (AA) from urine cultures (UC) in children hospitalized with urinary tract infections (UTI) at University Hospital in Split. MATERIAL/METHODS During the 7-year period, children hospitalized only once with UTI alone were compared to those repeatedly hospitalized, and who received long-term antimicrobial pro...

One hundred and forty-seven Salmonella serotype Typhimurium strains isolated in three provinces in the midwest of Spain were studied. Of these, 93.6% were drug resistant. There were two predominant resistance phenotypes: 43 isolates (29.3%) were resistant to amoxicillin, tetracyclines, chloramphenicol, streptomycin and sulphamethoxazole and 27 isolates (18.4%) to amoxicillin, amoxicillin/clavul...

A yearlong study was performed to examine the effect of antibiotic administration on the bacterial gut flora. Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacteria were recovered from the feces of healthy adult volunteers administered amoxicillin, minocycline or placebo, and changes determined in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gene carriage. Seventy percent of the 1039 facultative anaerobic isolates rec...

The study objective was to describe and evaluate antimicrobial resistance profiles in Salmonella isolated from Alberta swine finishing farms. Salmonella isolates (n = 322) were obtained from 192 fecal and 84 environmental samples of the 60 Salmonella-positive swine finishing farms. Isolates were classified susceptible, intermediate or resistant based on NCCLS guidelines. More than half of the i...

This study aimed at assessing the role of ubiquitous (non-Escherichia coli) Enterobacteriaceae in the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance through the urban water cycle. Enterobacteriaceae isolated from a municipal wastewater treatment plant (111 isolates), urban water streams (33 isolates) and drinking water (123 isolates) were compared in terms of: (i) genera distribution, (ii) resistanc...

During a 1-year period, from November 2003 to October 2004, urinary Escherichia coli isolates were collected from 20 clinical microbiology laboratories across Spain. The main objective was to assess the resistance of E. coli to the antimicrobials most commonly prescribed for community-acquired urinary tract infections depending on the patient's age. A total of 2,230 valid E. coli strains from f...

conclusions regarding the natural therapeutic effects of pistachio skin extract and obligations of the routine antibiotics such as resistancy, using pistachio extract as a co-therapeutical agent with ordinary antibiotics can enhance the success rate of the treatment. background in spite of many advantages of modern medicine in comparison with traditional treatments, chemical therapeutic agents ...

Antibiotic resistance has been associated with the use of antibiotics. The dispensing of antimicrobials without prescription is a potential source of inappropriate antibiotic use. In our study, antibiotics were requested without prescription from pharmacies in the metropolitan area of Athens in Greece in 2008. Twenty-one collaborators visited 174 pharmacies and asked for either amoxicillin/clav...