A study was performed to determine the species and antimicrobial susceptibility of 100 enterococcus strains from various clinical specimens as etiological agents at the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Istanbul University, Medical Faculty Hospital. Out of 100 enterococcal isolates, 86 were identified as E. faecalis, 11 as E. faecium, 1 as E. avium and 2 as E. raffinosus. By the disk diff...

Skin affections in canines are common and their treatment depends upon the pathogens involved. Delayed or no response to traditional treatment indicates the involvement of unusual etiology or the multidrug resistance. This report describes the diagnosis and therapeutic management of a rare case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by Alternaria alternata complicated with Pseudomonas a...

1251 urincs were examined and iii each case the three following criteria were studied 1_ presence of pus cells in wet mount (4 or more hpf). 2_ isolation of pathogenic bacteria  :j_ presence of 10,000 or more bacteria per c.c. of urine 801 specimens were obtained from patients referred to the diagnastic iaboratorv of institute of public health research. and 450 specimens were collected from hea...

Executive Summary The Food-borne trematodiases (FBTs) represent a major group of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – more than 40 million people are infected with one or more of the FBTs, and 750 million (>10% of the world’s population) others worldwide remain at risk on contracting FBTs. Over 100 species of food-borne trematodes are known to infect humans, although only several are respon...

Background: Dermatophytoses are commonly encountered fungal diseases prevalent in most parts of the world especially in tropical countries. It is a superficial mycotic infection affecting hair, skin and nails. The present study was carried out to determine the incidence of dermatophytoses and their etiological agent in different age groups attending the Dermatology department. Methods: A total ...

Rotavirus is the main global cause of severe childhood diarrhoea among children. In 2006, Rotarix® (G1P[8]) was introduced into Brazil's National Immunization Program. The vaccine coverage rate was 84.4% in 2009. Evidences of increasing G2P[4] after 2006 opened up the discussion about the vaccine effectiveness to non-G1 strains. The aim of this study was to identify the circulating rotavirus ge...

Results SSI was determined in 415 (10.8%) patients in GS and 146 (4%) of patients in NS.SSI rates were 4%,16.8%,6%,16.4% and 14% in CHOL,COLO,GAST,SB and BILI, respectively in GS.In NS, SSI rates were 4%, 4.8% and 4.5% in CRAN, VSHN and FUSN.Cefazolin was used in 780 (49%) operations in GS, 1266 (95%) of operations in NS for antimicrobial prophylaxis.Broad spectrum antibiotics were administered...

Swine dysentery (SD) is a mucohemorrhagic colitis, classically seen in grower/finisher pigs and caused by infection with the anaerobic intestinal spirochete Brachyspira hyodysenteriae. More recently, however, the newly described species Brachyspira hampsonii and Brachyspira suanatina have been identified as causing SD in North America and/or Europe. Furthermore, there have been occasions where ...

conclusions tuberculosis was an important cause of cap in our region. hence, it should be considered in all patients admitted with a cap diagnosis. results among 120 patients with cap, the most common etiology was s. pneumoniae (24.4%), followed by mycobacterium tuberculosis (17.5%), s. aureus (6.7%), polymicrobial agents including anaerobes (4.2%), complicated hydatid cyst (2.5%), influenza a ...