The information available regarding microbiological aspects of bottlenose dolphins describes pathogenic bacteria associated with stranded dolphins. There are only few reports describing normal microbiota in captive animals. Bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa constitute the normal microbiota, many of these microorganisms are part of the environment, and this co-existence is usually beneficial...

Over the last decades, the number of pathogenic multi-resistant microorganisms has grown dramatically, which has stimulated the search for novel strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is one of the promising alternatives to conventional treatments based on antibiotics. Here, we present a comparative study of two aryl tricationic porphycenes wher...

Traditionally, Camellia sinensis and Terminalia arjuna are being used widely to cure various diseases like cardiovascular diseases, cancer etc. In the present study, extracts of these plants were evaluated for their antimicrobial activities against some human pathogenic bacteria viz. E. coli, P. aeruginosa, S. aureus and fungus C. albicans. In-vitro inhibition of these pathogenic microorganisms...

The biological approach to synthesize metal nanoparticles is an important aspect of current nanotechnology research. Silver nanoparticles have been well-known for their inhibitory and antimicrobial effects. The ever-increasing antibiotic resistance in pathogenic and opportunistic microorganisms is a major threat to the health care industry. In the present investigation, silver nanoparticles hav...

Potential synthesis of a series of 3-amino-4arylazothiophene derivatives from reaction of 2-cyano-2phenylthiocarbamoyl acetamide and the appropriate α-halogenated reagents, followed by coupling with different aryl diazonium salts (Japp-Klingemann reaction), and another series of 5-arylazo-thiazol2-ylcarbamoyl-thiophene derivatives from base-catalyzed intramolecular condensation of 5-arylazo-2-(...

Novel, effective methods to control and prevent spoilage and contamination by pathogenic microorganisms in meat and meat products are in constant demand. Non-thermal pasteurization is an ideal method for the preservation of meat and meat products because it does not use heat during the pasteurization process. Atmospheric pressure cold plasma (APCP) is a new technology for the non-thermal pasteu...

AIM To reveal the pattern of microorganisms in chronic infective diarrhea cases. METHODS We examined all patients suffering from chronic infective diarrhea over a six year period The patients were examined physically and at the same time laboratory tests,colon enema X-ray and colonoscopy, ileoscopy, upper GI endoscopy and small bowel X-ray were performed. RESULTS We found 138 (66. 7%) chron...

Lower airways are sterile, but many researchers have reported the existence of bronchial colonization with pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms in smokers and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer. The aim of this study was to determine the existence and type of bronchial colonization in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as well as to...

Background: The aim was to evaluate the bacterial contamination rate of ultrasound probes and gels associated nosocomial infection risk. In this way, we aimed assess whether our probe disinfection protocols were effective in reducing risk hospital-wide infection.
 Material Methods: Forty-eight swab samples collected from surfaces transabdominal (TAP) transvaginal (TVP) adhered gel bottles,...