AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify the organisms responsible and to determine the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the bacterial isolates from conjunctiva and nasal mucosa in cases of chronic dacryocystitis and comparing with lacrimal sac specimen. DESIGN Prospective longitudinal study. METHODS A prospective analysis of 44 lacrimal sac contents of patients with ch...

• Australia has different patterns of AMR to other countries. There are a number of organisms, mainly gram-positive, of particular concern (Figure 1). Others, mainly gram-negative, show a lower rate of resistance, possibly due to restricted use of some antimicrobials (Table 1). • Resistances and trends of concern include resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and carbapenems in Enterobac...

BACKGROUND Clostridium tertium is distributed in the soil and in animal and human gastrointestinal tracts. C. tertium has been isolated from patients with blood diseases, immune disorders, and abdominal surgeries. Glyphosate is toxic, causing cause eye and skin irritation, gastrointestinal pain, and vomiting. Ingestion of herbicides modifies the gastrointestinal environment, which stresses the l...

Purpose: The present study aimed to confirm by classical and molecular laboratory methods hospitalassociated outbreaks due to virulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains. Methods: Eighty three Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated from new-born patients, adults and hospital environment and devices in five hospital units, were analyzed for resistance to antibiotics, including last generation cephalo...

The ISEcp1 insertion sequence has been described as a fl anking region of several blaCTX-M genes and has been implicated in the expression and mobilization of the genes (5). A recent study by Lartigue et al. showed that a CTX-M-2 progenitor in K. ascorbata could be mobilized and transferred to a conjugative E. coli plasmid by the ISEcp1B element; enhanced mobilization was observed in the presen...

Objectives: Resistance to third generation cephalosporins in E. coli and K. pneumoniae are due to various factors. The present study was undertaken to detect resistance mediated by ESBL’s. Multidrug resistance in isolates producing ESBL was also studied. Methods: The study included a total of 200 clinical specimens which include 95 urine, 45 pus, 32 sputum, 11 blood, 9 throat swabs, 6 suction t...

Results The annual number of the admissions was relatively constant, except for the year 2010 with 25 cases; the infections were more frequent in 26-40 years old pregnant women (63.3%), during the first (38.3%) and the second trimester of pregnancy (48.3%) and in primiparous women (61.7%). Fever was present in 71.7% of the patients, 51.7% having also digestive symptomatology. The inflammatory s...

Antimicrobial therapy plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), presumably through disruption of indigenous intestinal microflora, thereby allowing C. difficile to grow and produce toxin. Investigations involving animal models and studies performed in vitro suggest that inhibitory activity against C. difficile and differences in the propensity to stimula...

BACKGROUND Allergy to cephalosporins has mainly been evaluated in the context of patients with confirmed penicillin allergy. The problem of studying cross-reactivity in subjects primarily sensitized to cephalosporins and potentially allergic to penicillins has not been sufficiently addressed. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the in vitro IgE response and cross-reactivity to betalactams in patients with ...