The antimicrobial effect of several products including commercial formulations currently used in sugar and alcohol factories was determined by adapted MIC (Minimal Inhibitory Concentration) test on Saccharomyces cerevisiae and on natural contaminants Lactobacillus fermentum and Leuconostoc mesenteroides. The MIC test by macrodilution broth method was adapted by formulating of the culture medium...

Dear sir, Recently Thalhammer et al. compared the pharmacokinetics of continuous infusion with intermittent administration of meropenem. However, no data about the pharmacodynamic efficacy of meropenem were included. In a pilot study we have investigated the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of meropenem after intermittent administration. Eight male intensive care patients, diagnosed with v...

Previous studies have demonstrated that fluoroquinolone area under the curve (AUC)/MIC ratios of 30 to 50 are sufficient to eradicate pneumococci from in vitro pharmacokinetic models (IVPMs). However, more systematic studies of the impact of AUC/MIC ratios on the antipneumococcal activities of fluoroquinolones are needed. In the present study, a two-compartment IVPM was used to evaluate the imp...

The antimicrobial susceptibilities of 16 clinical isolates of Desulfovibrio spp. were determined. All or most isolates were susceptible to imipenem (MIC(90) [MIC at which 90% of the isolates tested were inhibited], 0.5 microg/ml), metronidazole (MIC(90), 0.25 microg/ml), clindamycin (MIC(90), 4 microg/ml), and chloramphenicol (MIC(90), 16 microg/ml) but were resistant or intermediate to penicil...

Cinnamon and Garlic had a traditional important nutritional medical importance because they contain many active compounds, the rediscover of its compositions extraction protocol will be led futural to improve their antimicrobial properties that increase safety food products shelf life through work against spoilage bacteria foodborne pathogens. In current study, cinnamon garlic plants were used ...