Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been associated with increased rates of single- and multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis in the New York City area. In order to examine the relationship of HIV infection to drug-resistant tuberculosis in other selected regions of the United States, we established a registry of cases of culture-proven tuberculosis. Data were collected from ...

Background and Objective: Undetected coinfections in COVID-19 patients may have serious clinical consequences, including increased hospitalization and mortality. The current study was conducted on 455 patients diagnosed with the new epidemic coronavirus disease who were admitted to quarantine halls in Diwaniyah in Iraq for one month, from February 2021 to March 2021. The aim of the study was to...

BACKGROUND Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis has emerged as a global threat. The aim of this work was to compare the CT findings of primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and drug-sensitive tuberculosis in non-AIDS adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS From January 2012 to February 2016, 89 patients with primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis were retrospectively reviewed, and 89 consecutive drug s...

Cidofovir ([(S)-1-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)cytosine] [HPMPC])-resistant forms of camelpox, cowpox, monkeypox, and vaccinia viruses were developed by prolonged passage in Vero 76 cells in the presence of drug. Eight- to 27-fold-higher concentrations of cidofovir were required to inhibit the resistant viruses than were needed to inhibit the wild-type (WT) viruses. Resistant viruses we...

Post operative wound infections have been found to pose a major problem in the field of surgery. Advances in control of infection have not completely eradicated this problem because of development of drug reistance. The present study was carried out in Index Medical College hospital, one year study. 100 patients were recruited who underwent surgery in the orthopedic, obstetrics and gynecology a...

There is concern about the rise of antifungal drug resistance, but little is known about comparative biological properties and pathogenicity of drug-resistant strains. We generated fluconazole (FLC; CO23 RFLC)- or micafungin (FK; CO23 RFK)-resistant strains of Candida albicans by treating a FLC- and FK-susceptible strain of this fungus (CO23 S) with stepwise-increasing concentrations of either ...

The increasing prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal (VRE) infections has necessitated a search for drugs that are effective in treating these infections, and a need to determine whether currently available antimicrobials are effective. 75 consecutive clinical isolates of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE faecium) (40 blood and 35 urine isolates) isolated over 1 y at the ...

Antibiotic resistance forms a serious threat to the health of hospitalised patients, rendering otherwise treatable bacterial infections potentially life-threatening. A thorough understanding of the mechanisms by which resistance spreads between patients in different hospitals is required in order to design effective control strategies. We measured the differences between bacterial populations o...

The objective of the study: in Tomsk Region, to establish frequency multiple drug resistance (MDR) mycobacterium tuberculosis (MBT) new patients with reference their HIV status and assess treatment outcomes. Subjects methods. presented results were obtained from a retrospective cohort study 788 who registered for MDR TB at Phthisiopulmonology Medical Center January 2017 April 2019. Results. In ...

Background Tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is one of the most common chronic infectious amphixenotic diseases worldwide. Prevention and control of TB are greatly difficult, due to the increase in drug-resistant TB, particularly multidrug-resistant TB. We speculated that there were some differences between drug-sensitive and drug-resistant MTB strains and that mazEF3...