two flavonids: 5-hydroxy-6,7,4 ́-trimethoxy flavone (salvigenin), 5-hydroxy-7,4 ́-dimethoxy flavone(thitonine) and a labdane type diterpenoid: 8,13-epoxy-14 labdene (manoyl oxide) isolated from the solventextract of the aerial part of salvia reuterana boiss.the proposed structure were stablished by 1hnmr,13cnmr, 2dnmr( c-h-cosy, hmqc),dept and mass spectroscopy and confirmed in accordance withbib...

A total of 209 Bordetella bronchiseptica (Bbr) strains isolated from pigs were examined. Phenotypic study included: biochemical characterization (motility, catalase, oxidase, urease activity, nitrate reduction and growth on MacConkey agar) and antimicrobial susceptibility (disc diffusion method). Genotypic studies based on detection of three genes encoded virulence factors, such as: flagella (f...

Introduction: Listeria monocytogenes is a small gram positive bacillus that can be isolated from soil, vegetation or animal reservoirs. Human disease occurs mainly in immunocompromised people, neonates and in pregnancy while the cases in immunocompetent people are rare. CNS manifestations of the disease can be in form of meningitis, encephalitis and also cerebritis since L. monocytogenes shows ...

Freshwater is a vehicle for the emergence and dissemination of antibiotic resistance. Cyanobacteria are ubiquitous in freshwater, where they are exposed to antibiotics and resistant organisms, but their role on water resistome was never evaluated. Data concerning the effects of antibiotics on cyanobacteria, obtained by distinct methodologies, is often contradictory. This emphasizes the importan...

Further to my recent publication in the Journal on the percutaneous management of acute calculous cholecystitis1, I would like to communicate the results of a prospective randomized study conducted at the Medical City in Baghdad, Iraq to examine the role of percutaneous aspiration of the gallbladder followed by lavage and antibiotic instillation into its lumen (500 mg ampicillin with 40 mg gent...

Background and Objectives: A. baumannii is a cause of various infections with significant morbidity and mortality in the world. The aim of this study was to determine infection rate and antimicrobial susceptibility of A. baumannii in an Iranian tertiary care Hospital. Materials and Methods: This study was performed on 166 positive blood cultures for A. baumannii, received from different wards o...