introduction: antibiotic- associated diarrhea is a common problem in pediatric population. there is growing interest in probiotics, probiotics and synbiotics for prevention of this complication because of their worldwide availability as dietary supplements. the aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of a synbiotic mixture in prevention of antibiotic- associated diarrhea.   materials and m...

background: otitis media with effusion is one of the leading causes of hearing loss in children. effective treatment of effusion in the middle ear requires appropriate empirical treatment and characterization of responsible pathogens. objective of the present study was to detect pathogens in clinical samples from patients with otitis media with effusion in our area and to determine the sensitiv...

background and objectives: infection is the most common problem following burn injury. selection and dissemination of intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms increase the probability of burn wound colonization by resistant species including pseudomonas aeruginosa. multi-drug resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa has frequently been reported as the cause of nosocomial outbreaks of infection in b...

abstract objective fever and neutropenia are a common complication of chemotherapy in cancer. it is usually managed by hospitalization and empiric administration of antibiotics. use of fluroquinolones is limited because of joint/cartilage toxicity. this study attempted to compare the efficacy of oral ciprofloxacin with intravenous ceftazidim in low risk febrile neutropenic lymphocytic leukemia....

BACKGROUND/AIM Despite significant advances in current medicine and improvement of overall health education, chronic periodontitis is still a widespread disease. Losing teeth is the most serious complication of this particular illness. The aim of this study was to examine patients with chronic periodontitis in order to evaluate the efficacy of non-surgical therapy and combination of amoxicillin...

E. coli 0157:H7 is an emerging food-borne pathogen implicated in several outbreaks. Fecal shedding of the pathogen constitutes the mode of entry into the human food chain. We compared the influence of dietary acid-detergent fiber (ADF) concentration on fecal shedding of the pathogen and meat production efficiency of lambs. Fourteen growingfinishing Suffolk ram lambs averaging 28 1.3 kg in body ...

Background: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) are an important and increasing threat to global health. They nowadays more encountered routinely in hospitals cause high morbidity mortality due limited therapeutic alternatives. This study sought determine the prevalence of CPE Yaoundé teaching hospital, Cameroon, associated risk factors. Materials Method: To achieve this goal, a de...

Abstract Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the bacteria that causing mastitis, implicate economic losses in dairy farm. Treatment S. known to be difficult because mismatch choosing right type antibiotic and nature resistance easily developed. The purpose this study were identified characterized cows subclinical mastitis from Sedyo Mulyo farm, Pakem, Sleman, Yogyakarta. Bacterial ident...

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7, an emerging food-borne pathogen, has been implicated in several outbreaks in the US. Ruminants, including cattle, sheep and deer are reservoirs of E. coli O157:H7 and fecal shedding of the pathogen forms the vehicle of entry into the human food chain. We studied the efficacy of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Streptococcus faecium, a mixture of L. acidophi...