Sir, Thermophilic campylobacters, particularly Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter lari, continue to remain the most common cause of acute bacterial enteritis in Northern Ireland, with ,743 laboratory reports per annum (equating to circa 44 cases per 100 000 population) and where the trend has been decreasing since 2000 (Figure 1). Previously, we have reported trends in a...

BACKGROUND Impetigo is a common superficial bacterial skin infection, most frequently encountered in children. There is no standard therapy and guidelines for treatment differ widely. Treatment options include many different oral and topical antibiotics as well as disinfectants. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of treatments for impetigo, including waiting for natural resolution. SEARCH STR...

abstract: background : cyclic vomiting syndrome(cvs) is a disorder with dysmotility component and erythromycin is  a an antibiotic with prokinetic effect. this study aimed to evaluate the erythromycin efficacy in childhood cyclic vomiting syndrome methods : in this prospective study, 301 patients with final diagnosis of cvs enrolled in two separated groups. the first group received erythromycin...

background: in this study, erythromycin resistance isolates from the students with aged 12-15 yr old were studied and the mutations in the 23s rrna were identified by sequencing. methods: throat samples of 327 students with 12-15 years old from 3 schools of tehran were cultured on the selective strep­tococ­cus pyogenes medium and 23 strains were primarily selected as s. pyogenes . results: all ...

A mutant strain derived by chemical mutagenesis of Saccharopolyspora erythraea (formerly known as Streptomyces erythreus) was isolated that accumulated erythromycin C and, to a lesser extent, its precursor, erythromycin D, with little or no production of erythromycin A or erythromycin B (the 3"-O-methylation products of erythromycin C and D, respectively). This mutant lacked detectable erythrom...

OBJECTIVES Although long-term use of azithromycin has shown a significant clinical improvement for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), its long-term effect on the susceptibility of commensal flora within CF airways has not yet been examined. We therefore suggest that long-term use of azithromycin increases macrolide resistance in commensal streptococci. METHODS Erythromycin susceptibility in ...

BACKGROUND The ground squirrel on a high cholesterol diet exhibits prolonged intestinal transit, a pathogenetic factor in cholesterol gallstone formation. AIMS To examine the effect of a high cholesterol diet on the characteristics of the migrating myoelectrical complex (MMC) and the potential benefit of erythromycin. METHODS Twenty four animals received either a trace (controls) or a 1% (h...