October 2009

Multiple-mutations in the katG encoding catalase proxidase in isoniazid resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates correlate with high-level of resistance in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis in Iran

The aim of this study was to investigate the significance of multiple-mutations in the katG gene, predominant nucleotide changes and its correlation with high level of resistance to isoniazid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates that were randomly collected from sputa of 42 patients with primary and secondary active pulmonary tuberculosis from different geographic regions of Iran. Drug...

Author(s): M. Karim Rahimi S. Zaker bostanabad, , , P. Adimi, M. Shekarabei, , M. Habibollah, F. Shirmohammadi, Kh. Bigdeli, A. Faraji, B. Delalat, Z. Tayebi, M. Masoumi, E. Jabbarzadeh, Sh. Pourazar and L. P. Titov

October 2009

Vancomycin resistant enterococcus causing surgical site infections in a tertiary care hospital

Presence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) is increasingly being reported. In the present study we reported the prevalence of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus causing Surgical Site Infections (SSI) in a tertiary care hospital. Pus from surgical site wound was cultured and Enterococcus species was identified as standard microbiological methods. The antimicrobial susceptibility for Vancomycin was determined by...

Author(s): J. B. Suchitra and N. Lakshmidevi