background: urinary tract infection (uti) is considered as the most common bacterial infectious disease seen among the pediatric patients. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial uropathogens isolated from the pediatric patients with urinary tract infections. methods: this descriptive study was conducted in children medial center, te...

abstract       background and objective: the spread of drug resistance in bacteria have prompted researchers to seek suitable alternative for antimicrobial drugs among various medicinal plants and nanoparticles. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of silver nanoparticles alone and in combination with methanol extract of zataria multiflora on five gram-positive and gram-negative bac...

aims: the internal unit and icu of hospitals are a suitable environment for growing of bacteria such as staphylococcus epidermidis and pseudomonas, acinetobacter. the aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of different disinfectants on bacteria isolated from the surface of hospitals in isfahan. instrument & methods: in this study, 200 samples were randomly selected from different parts of ...

abstract background: streptococcus mutans in the oral cavities sable to produce mutacin (bacteriocin-like substances) with antibiotic properties. the aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and expression of genes encoding mutacins typei, ii, iii and iv and also two of 8 genes in a cluster encoding the putative bacteriocins, the designated bsm 283, bsm 299, bsm 423, bsm 1889c, bsm 18...

in study, spherical silver nanoparticles (snps) were synthesized by chemical reduction method from a metal precursor silver nitrate in presence of an anionic surfactant and strong reducing agent. in this experimental work, snps are synthesized in presence of different concentration of stabilizing agent and effect of stabilizing agent on size distribution of snps have been observed. further anti...