conclusions the frequency of nis in this hospital was lower in comparison with other worldwide studies. however, low incidence of health care-associated infections in our study may be due to under diagnosis and underreporting of such infections by health care staff. results the incidence of nis was low (i.e. < 2%). among 16936 admitted patients in this hospital, 174 patients (79 males and 95 fe...

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...

background and aims: acinetobacter baumannii is mostly a cause of septicaemia, pneumonia and urinary tract infections following hospitalization of patients with more severe illnesses. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and detection of the most prevalent virulence genes in a. baumannii isolated from hospital infections of two largest hospitals of tehran, iran. materials and m...

background the most common hospital-acquired pathogen is pseudomonas aeruginosa. it is a multidrug resistant bacterium causing systemic infections. objectives the present study was carried out in order to investigate the distribution of virulence factors and antibiotic resistance properties of pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from various types of hospital infections in iran. patients and method...

background and objective: bioaerosols are particles of microbes, viruses and derivatives; they exist in a wide variety of shapes and sizes and can be measured with different air samplers. the purpose of this study is the determination of bacterial aerosol in the air of hospitals and the determination of contaminated areas for disinfection proceedings by hospital health care teams, by selecting ...

abstract aims: the increasing usage of antibiotics can cause resistance to the treatment of infections, which can caused by bacteria, e.g. pseudomonas aeruginosa. the aim of this study was to trace the class i, ii and iii integrons in isolates of p. aeruginosa of nosocomial infection and determining the antibiotic resistance pattern of the bacteria. instrument & methods: in this cross-sectional...

intestinal parasitic infections are still a major health problem in semi- developing countries. the aim of the present study was studying the frequency of intestinal parasites in patients referred to the central laboratory of great dezful hospital. this was a retrospective cross sectional study and the results were collected from the medical records central laboratory of great hospital in dezfu...

background: hospital infections are a main cause of infant death among hospitalized infants in the neonatal wards. this research was conducted aiming to assess the medical staff's knowledge of hospital infections. methods: this is a cross-sectional study, conducted in all neonatal in isfahan hospitals wards. 65 nurses answerd to a questionnaire. results: results showed that 66.7% considered sep...