this study investigated the antibacterial resistance among enterococci isolated in tehran hospitals. a total of 277 enterococcus faecalis, 123 enterococcus faecium and 13 isolates of other enterococcal strains were collected from 1 march 2002 to 15 april 2004 from three teaching hospitals of tehran university of medical sciences. the minimum inhibitory concentrations (mic) of tested antibiotics...

candida is an asexual, diploid, dimorphic fungus that is present on human body and his environment. nowadays the number of patients, who are immunocompromised, aged, receiving prolonged antibacterial and aggressive cancer chemotherapy or undergoing invasive surgical procedures and organ transplantation, is on increase, and therefore candidiasis emerged itself as an alarming opportunistic diseas...

bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a serious problem and is increasing in prevalence world-wide at an alarming rate. the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of 1897 gram-positive bacterial isolates were evaluated. the minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of isolates which comprised staphylococcus aureus (927 isolates), coagulase-negative staphylococci (cns; 425 isolates), enterococcus f...

Shigella is a major cause of dysentery across the world. Appropriate antibiotic treatment of shigellosis depends on resistance patterns. The present study was conducted to identify Shigella species and their antibiotic resistance patterns among dysenteric patients in Rezaei Hospital of Damghan. Isolation of Shigella species was conducted by specific culture medium and biochemical tests. The Shi...