Influences of antibiotics on the fecal flora in children were studied for oral ampicillin, penicillin V, erythromycin, cefaclor, and gentamicin and for intravenous ampicillin, methicillin, cefpiramide, and ceftazidime. All antibiotics affected the normal flora, although the quality and quantity of the changes were variable. No substantial differences were noted between the oral and intravenous ...

Bacterial flora in burn patients undergoes change over period of time and is dependent upon many factors. Study of burn flora is not only helpful in locating entry of multidrug resistant bacterial strains into the unit's usual flora but also in determining current antibiotic susceptibilities. Since no studies are available from India that have studied sequential emergence of different microorga...

OBJECTIVES To determine the conjunctival flora of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients on antiretroviral treatment (ART). METHODOLOGY A total of 104 conjunctival swabs from 104 HIV patients on ART underwent microbiological evaluation to describe the flora. RESULT There were 71 (68.26%) women and 33 (31.74%) men. The mean age was 42.9 ± 9.77 (range: 22-70) years. Negative cultures wer...

Bacteria were isolated from 29 Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus, with spontaneous aural cholesteatomas. We identified 148 cultures, 44 from the middle ear surface of cholesteatomas and 104 from cholesteatoma contents. We could only identify 63 cultures to the genus level, although we identified 85 cultures as belonging to 21 different species. We found on the surfaces of cholesteatomas ...

Forty-two healthy women were randomized to receive one of three encapsulated Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1 plus Lactobacillus fermentum RC-14 probiotic dosage regimens or L. rhamnosus GG by mouth each day for 28 days. However, the vaginal flora, assessed by Nugent scoring, was only normal in 40% of the cases, and 14 patients had asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis. Treatment with L. rhamnosus GR-1/...

Mechanisms and factors that normally control the large intestinal flora were investigated to determine whether changes in these parameters could account for the decreased bacterial concentration and facultative nature of the flora found in hibernating frogs. It appeared that low temperatures and limited nutrients were the main factors responsible for the decrease in the bacterial concentration ...

Skin as the largest organ of human body is significantly colonized by a variety of bacterial and fungal population [1,2]. Today the percent of opportunistic fungal infections is increasing, so when considering the role of skin as a reservoir from which infection of a susceptible host can occur, determining the fungal microbiome specially Candida is important [3]. Two of the most factors influen...