background :  nosocomial infections are considered as health issues that affect developed and poor countries. these infections can be transmitted to patients through hospital environment and equipments. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of gram-negative bacilli in the environment and the equipments of hospitals in the east of golestan province in 2015.   methods :  in this st...

Gingivitis is an inflammatory destructive disease mainly caused by microbial plaques. Gram-positive and gram-negative bacilli or cocci have been isolated from dental plaque and gingivitis. This study was going to isolate and characterize the pathogenic bacteria from gingival of 100 patients with oral gingivitis. Enriched and specific media used for isolation of bacteria. Identification of isola...

background: recent analyses of hospital outbreaks have documented the spread of resistance to imipenem, which is cur­rently a major problem among gram positive and gram-negative bacteria. the aim of this study was to describe the rate of gram- positive and gram-negative isolates resistance to imipenem as an antibiotic. methods: recorded files of 242 hospitalized patients with at least one sampl...

background :  nosocomial infections are considered as health issues that affect developed and poor countries. these infections can be transmitted to patients through hospital environment and equipments. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of gram-negative bacilli in the environment and the equipments of hospitals in the east of golestan province in 2015.  methods :  in this stu...

conclusions our findings implied that a wide range of bacteria could be involved in creating urinary tract infection in patients referred to a medical laboratory of kashani and hajar hospital in shahrekord, iran. regardless of age, sex and the use of catheter, a wide range of bacteria could be involved in urinary tract infections. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study 147 urine sam...

background and objectives: non-fementer gram-negative bacilli (nfgb) are ubiquitous pathogen that has emerged as a major cause of health care associated infections. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of   nfgb in an iranian hospital. materials and methods: fromjuly 2005 to november 2006 a total of 257 strains of nfgb including 109 (42.41%) str...

conclusions our results showed the rate of effects of different risk factors on imipenem resistance. regarding the studied risk factors, appropriate programs must be set in place to control and prevent imipenem resistance in gram-negative bacteria. results of the 374 isolated, 134 were imipenem resistant, and 240 were sensitive to imipenem. the resistance rate was more common in males and in pa...