abstract       background and objective: due to the continuous increase of multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii strains around the world, decision making for an effective treatment of infections caused by this organism depends on the results of antimicrobial susceptibility tests. in this study, the validity of disk diffusion and e-test methods was assessed by their comparison with the re...

the infections risk related to pathogenic germs increases at the present time considering the increased resistance which certain microbes acquire, whose usual antibiotics are ineffective to treat the infectious disease. the aim of this study was to determine antimicrobial effect of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of lavandula stoechas l. and rosmarinus officinalis l. on listeria monocytogene...

results in total, 73 isolates were collected and diagnosed as s. pneumoniae. isolates were susceptible to ofloxacin 95.9%, vancomycin 93%, penicillin 78%, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 61.6%, ceftriaxone 53.5%, meropenem 52%, cefotaxime 46.5%, and erythromycin 8.2%. of the 15 prsp isolates, the pbp2b gene was identified in 12 (80%). in 1 penicillin-intermediate s. pneumoniae isolate the pbp2b w...

abstract       background and objective: enterococci are relatively nonvirulent bacteria that rarely cause disease. antimicrobial treatment of enterococci is often challenging due to their antibiotic resistance. this study aimed to investigate the antibacterial activity of aqueous extract of garlic against enterococcal isolates.     methods: in this descriptive study, 120 enterococcus isolates ...

Model predictive control (MPC) is used in the CO2 removal process Subang field to improve its performance. MPC maintain concentration at sweet gas output by controlling feed pressure (PIC-1101), makeup water flow rate (FIC-1102), and amine (FIC-1103). The empirical model applied represent auto-regressive exogenous (ARX) model. ARX compared with first order plus dead time (FOPDT) based on root m...

BACKGROUND The Rubiaceae family has played a significant role in drug discovery by providing molecules with potential use as templates for the development of therapeutic drugs. This study was designed to study the in vitro synergistic effect of six Rubiaceae species in combination with a known anti-TB drug. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity of these species were also evaluated to i...

FIC domain proteins mediate post-translational modifications of target proteins, which typically results in their inactivation. Depending on the conservation of crucial active site residues, the FIC fold serves as structural scaffold for various enzymatic activities, mostly target adenylylation. The founding member of the vast Fic protein family, EcFicT, was identified in Escherichia coli some ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of stress in cats with feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC) by evaluating bladder permeability, sympathetic nervous system function, and urine cortisol:creatinine (C:Cr) ratios during periods of stress and after environmental enrichment. DESIGN Prospective study. ANIMALS 13 cats with FIC and 12 healthy cats. PROCEDURE Cats subjected to an acute-onset moderat...