Background and Objective: Enterococcal infections are considered the most common nosocomial infections. Nowadays, enterococci show high resistance to common antibiotics, especially vancomycin. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium is one of the most common nosocomial infections, which is included in the World Health Organization priority pathogens list for research and development of new an...

Backgrounds: Neutropenia can be associated with life-threatening infections. Gram negative and staphylococcal infections are the most common pathogens. The spectrum of bacterial isolates has changed considerably over the past four decades. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the pattern of bacterial and fungal infections in neutropenic pediatric patients. Methods: A non-randomize...

The chemical composition of essential oils isolated from the leaves of Cosmos bipinnatus and its antibacterial activity were analyzed by GC-MS and microbroth dilution assay respectively. The essential oil extracted from this plant was predominantly composed of monoterpenes (69.62%) and sesquiterpenes (22.73%). The antibacterial assay showed that the oil had significant inhibitory effects agains...

background skin infectious diseases are common worldwide. epidemiologic studies lead to better understanding of disease profiles and health service organization. conclusions in our study fungal and viral infections were the most common infectious diseases. we think epidemiological studies to determine the burden of skin infections are useful for proper health care planning. results mean age of ...

Viral and bacterial respiratory tract infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, despite the development of vaccines and potent antibiotics. Frequently, viruses and bacteria can co-infect the same host, resulting in heightened pathology and severity of illness compared to single infections. Bacterial superinfections have been a significant cause of death during every i...

The idea that several 'idiopathic' or 'autoimmune' diseases are in fact caused by bacteria, probably related to the mycobacteria, which grow very slowly in the host, has been reported for some time. The diseases concerned are rheumatoid arthritis (RA), sarcoidosis, the inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis), psoriasis, Takayasu's arteritis, and conceivably, 'giant ...

© 2005 The Medicine Publishing Company Ltd 31 MEDICINE 33:7 Diphtheria is caused by superficial infection of the respiratory tract or skin with toxin-producing strains of the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. The organisms do not actively invade deep tissue or the blood, but multiply locally, producing diphtheria toxin. This results in necrosis of the mucosal cells and production of a thic...