introduction and aims: acinetobacter baumannii in recent decay has become an increasing concern in hospitals for its ability to acquire antibiotic resistance determinants rapidly and becoming resistant to almost all of the antibiotic classes. borage (echium amoenum  fisch. et mey), is a wild annual plant of boraginaceae family, grows in northern mountains of iran and has largely been used by ir...

Despite the prevalence of different kinds of wounds among people around the world, challenges ahead for managing wound healing continues. One of the most important issues for wound healing is infection that can delay healing process. Also, drug-resistant infections are growing as a worrying challenge in medicine. A lot of studies done over different methods to improve wound healing process, whi...

conclusions the result of the current study showed the growing number of nosocomial infections associated with xdr a. baumannii causing difficulties in antibiotic therapy. resistant strains increasingly cause public health problems; therefore, their early detection is essential for healthcare centers. results among the 121 isolated a. baumannii, 44% and 56% were isolated from female and male, r...

improving cleaning and disinfection performance must be taken into account for prevention and control of infection. health care settings are engaged in a battle against healthcare associated infection (hais). the importance of infection prevention and control is increasing due to rapidly developing strains of multi-drug resistant organisms (mdros) that can result in serious illness and even dea...

introduction: multi-drug resistant (mdr) p. aeruginosa is constantly increasing and causing severe issues in combatting widely spread health problems. the aim of this study was to assess colistin susceptibility in mdr p. aeruginosa isolates obtained from different infection sites. methods: ninety clinical isolates of p. aeruginosa were collected from different hospitals of the tabriz university...