background and objective: urinary tract infection (utis) is one of the most common diagnosed infectious diseases. in order to determine the spectrum of bacterial etiology and antibiotic resistance pattern of the uropathogens that cause community acquired uti, a retrospective study was performed in research center of reference laboratories of iran on urine samples of referred patients during a 4...

conclusions all the staphylococcus aureus strains and enterococcus faecium strains were sensitive to members of the oxazolidinone class of linezolid drug. development of multi drug resistance by gram positive bacteria constitutes a very serious challenge for medical practice. despite these rising rates, it is impossible to distinguish where they have originated from and special attention has th...

objective(s) staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of human infection, and emergence of vancomycin-resistance s. aureus  is a great concern for treatment of methicillin-resistant s. aureus,(mrsa) in recent years (mrsa). here, we report the isolation of high-level vrsa. materials and methods s. aureus was isolated from foot ulcer of a diabetic woman in tehran, iran. antibiotic susceptibility w...

background and objectives: the aim of the study was to determine the role and characteristics of nosocomial and community acquired staphylococcus sepsis in admitted children in tertiary centers in iran. patients and methods: a cross sectional descriptive-analytic study was performed since march 2008 to march 2009 in which all blood cultures from various admitted patients were checked for staphy...

hospital acquired infection have 2 origins: 1) infections acquired from the hospitalization. 2) infections that transmit from hospital personnel and those who referred to a hospital. according to the studies approximately half of hospital acquired infection is under the first group. gram-negative bacilli is of prime importance from all bacteries that caused hospital acquired infection. there ar...

background and objective: community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ( ca-mrsa) is increasingly reported worldwide. we aimed to determine the frequency of invasive ca-mrsa in children admitted to the pediatric wards of imam reza and ghaem hospitals of mashhad, iran. materials and methods: in this retrospective study, data regarding s. aureus isolates from pediatric patients’...

background: the emerge of rapid and accurate detection of meticillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) has been highlighted. objectives: the current study evaluated the prevalence of mec-a gene in biological specimens of various medical wards, in order to determine any possible relationship. patients and methods: using traditional culture methods, 250 isolates were detected. the prevalence...