OBJECTIVES To compare the in vitro activities of vancomycin and linezolid against methicillin resistant Staphyloccus aureus in our set up to help in formulating a better empirical treatment and reduce the emergence of vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. METHODS The study was conducted over a period of 6 months (1st July 2009-31st Dec 2009). Fifty Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus a...

This study shows that out of 774 patients tested, the house dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) provoked the maximum response (51.81%) the house dust was second (42.81%), and shrimp was third (23.92%). The moderate allergenic extracts were cat fur (12.79%), dog fur (10.72%), cockroach (8.47%) egg white (7.56%) and orris powder (6.30%). Among the low allergenic extracts were Aspergillus f...

The synthesis of a series of euphorbioside derivatives is described, starting from euphorbioside isolated from fresh latex of Euphorbia resinifera Berg. Their structures have been established on the basis of spectral data. All compounds were evaluated for antibacterial activities against Escherichia coli and Staphyloccus aureus strains and antifungal activity against Candida albicans and Asperg...

Leukocyte function and other hematological measurements were tested in 14 smoking and 13 nonsmoking young men free of intercurrent or chronic diseases. Leukocyte chemotaxis was depressed in smoking subjects when compared to the same subjects abstaining from cigarettes or to the nonsmokers. Smoking did not affect the whole blood bactericidal capacity of leukocytes and serum for Staphyloccus aure...

Two patients are presented with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) and lower respiratory tract infections with Staphyloccus aureus (SA). It is posulated that there is a relationship between the infection and the induction or relapse of the disease. We suggest that bronchoalveolar lavages should be performed in cases of suspected WG to identify SA-infections. The co-existence of WG and SA support the...

discussion our results indicated that agar screening was superior to oxacillin disk agar diffusion. a comparison between the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of the mrcns and the methicillin-susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococci (mscns) showed that the mrcns were predominantly multiple-drug resistant isolates as the simultaneous resistance rate to 4 or more antibiotics in the mrcns and ms...

staphylococcus aureus is a hazard to human health since they can cause a wide variety of hospital-associated infections ranging from minor skin infections to post-operative wound infections and food poisoning which produces many different virulence factors, including enterotoxins (ses). although  studies  have  been  done  regarding  the difference  between  virulence  factors  of  sensitive st...