Objective: An irreversible process begins when a systemic infection causes sepsis. Therefore, rapid identification of the agent bacteria in sepsis and its antibiotic resistance is crucially important. In this study, it was aimed to investigate efficiency genotype test.
 Methods: Blood culture bottles sent laboratory were examined with an automatic blood system (BACTEC, BD, USA). Growing id...

An evaluation was undertaken to determine the optimal method for testing the susceptibilities of 100 clinical isolates and two reference strains of Enterococcus spp. to vancomycin in vitro. Six testing methods were studied by using the following media and incubation times: agar screen with the Synergy Quad Plate (Remel, Lenexa, Kans.), an in-house-prepared brain heart infusion (BHI) agar plate,...

bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a serious problem and is increasing in prevalence world-wide at an alarming rate. the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of 1897 gram-positive bacterial isolates were evaluated. the minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of isolates which comprised staphylococcus aureus (927 isolates), coagulase-negative staphylococci (cns; 425 isolates), enterococcus f...

Background. Oritavancin (ORI) is under regulatory review in the USA and Europe for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (SSSI) caused by Gram-positive pathogens. The ORI activity was assessed against contemporary isolates causing SSSI. Methods. 8,428 isolates from documented SSSI were collected from 27 sites in the USA and 34 sites in Europe, Israel and Turkey as ...