background: lower respiratory tract infections (ltris) are among the most common infectious diseases with potential life-threatening complications. methods: the study consisted of 426 patients with suspected ltris from mid and far western region of nepal between september 2011 and july 2014. the specimens were collected and processed according to the standard microbiological methods at the cent...

background and aim: for rapid growing drug resistance among pathogenic microorganisms, it is essential to find new compounds with antimicrobial activity. medicinal herbs application in traditional treatment for thousand years, make this natural compound to the best choice for antimicrobial studies. the aim of this study is to determine the antimicrobial activity of artemisia against some import...

In this paper, we provide a state-of-the-art overview of the ethical challenges that arise in the context of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which includes an introduction to the contributions to the symposium in this issue. We begin by discussing why AMR is a distinct ethical issue, and should not be viewed purely as a technical or medical problem. In the second section, we expand on some of t...

OBJECTIVE To determine the resistance rate of the most commonly used antimicrobial agents amongst Helicobacter pylori isolates. METHODS The agar disk diffusion method (Kirby Bauer) was utilized to determine the susceptibility of 223 H. pylori strains isolated before treatment. Isolates were tested against metronidazole (5 micrograms), clarithromycin (15 micrograms), amoxycillin (10 micrograms...

Fifty strains of Staphylococcus intermedius were isolated from different pathological specimens originating from dogs during a six-month period. Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns against three fluoroquinolones were obtained on 50 Staphylococcus intermedius strains. In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed employing the disk diffusion method (Kirby-Bauer). The sensitivity ...

Enteric fever prevails as a major public health problem despite the use of antimicrobials due to the emergence of drug resistance. The present study was undertaken to find out the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Salmonella isolates from our region. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing for six drugs chloramphenicol (30μg), amoxicillin (10μg), cotrimoxazole (1.25/23.75μg), nalidixic acid ...

Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a major danger to contemporary medicine around the world. Carbapenems are highest class of B-lactam drugs which considered most effective and safest antibiotics available. Increasing spread carbapenemases been noted across world restricts treatment options. The aim this study was determine incidence carbapenem resistant genotypic pathways in tertiary care...

Background: Acinetobacter species have emerged as opportunistic pathogens and can cause a wide range of healthcare associated infections like ventilator associated pneumonia, meningitis, and bacteremia, urinary tract infections, peritonitis, etc. Acinetobacter spp, most often multi-drug resistant , are difficult to treat pathogens and can lead to treatment failure. Methods: Our study was conduc...

A hospital based cross sectional study was done to determine bacterial profile and antibiogram of pathogens causing surgical site infections at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The conducted from May July 2017. We enrolled a total 121 patients who underwent different procedures met inclusion criteria. Pus swabs were collected cultured as per standard operating procedures. Bacterial i...