b a ckground: s taphylococcus aureus (s. aureus) has remained always an important pathogen of common infections acquired in community and as  well as serious nosocomial infections. with advent of penicillins and cephalosporins, infections could be effectively treated, but with the global emergence of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus strains (mrsa) physicians were  again left  with li...

Background and Objectives: Klebsiella pneumoniae complications with limited therapeutic options is considered as one major health issues concerning healthcare professionals worldwide. It of the leading nosocomial bacterial pathogen that causes most urinary tract infection, recently antibiotic resistance pneumonia has totally increased dramatically. Cross-sectional study was performed from Septe...

The purpose of this study was to determine the quality essential oils from wet clove handles and dry handles. experimental design in a completely randomized (CRD) with 2 treatments, namely handle 3 replications each treatment. results showed that there significantly different interaction (p<0.05) including, water content, yield, refractive index, eugenol content between treatments did not ha...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the trend of mupirocin resistance in MRSA, isolated at the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory of a tertiary care hospital. METHODS A total of 200 MRSA strains recovered over a 2 year period from various body sites were tested using the 5 and 200 microg discs of mupirocin to detect its resistance. RESULTS High level and low level mupirocin resistance were detected in zero...

BACKGROUND Approximately 15% of nosocomial infections in the ICU result from spread of bacteria on caregivers' hands. The routine chest radiograph provides an unexamined opportunity for bacterial spread: close contact with each patient and sequential examination of ICU patients. This study examined infection control procedures performed during routine chest radiographs, assessed whether resista...