2012 July - 11 articles
We report here a case of a 32-year old female with a history of minor trauma presented with total corneal ulcer and hypopyon in the left eye. Microbiological examination of corneal scraping showed refractile hyphae with asepted branching filaments an...
Water used for domestic purposes is ideally required to be free from contaminants. Various contaminants have frequently affected the quality of such water. Water samples were obtained from 150 sources including 72 wells, 60 streams, 17 taps, and one...
The influence of sodium chloride (NaCl) treatment on the antifungal activity of the bacterium Pseudomonas aurantiaca, a producer of biopesticide for vegetable plants, was investigated. It was shown that an increase in the NaCl concentration in incuba...
The genus Staphylococcus contains many pathogenic strains that are difficult to differentiate. Given the absence of a specific immunological test to identify autochthonous species, we have characterized soluble antigens (SAgs) using hyperimmune sera...
The aim of the study was to determine the effective pH of calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 against Enterococcus faecalis, the most frequently isolated bacterial species in endodontic failure. Solutions of Ca(OH)2 with different pH values of 9, 11 and 12.5 w...
Neurotoxin complex (NTC) genes are arranged in two known hemagglutinin (HA) and open reading frame X (ORFX) clusters. NTC genes have been analyzed in four serotypes A, B, E and F of Clostridium botulinum causing human botulism. Analysis of amino acid...
Over the last four decades, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has spread throughout the world and become highly endemic in many geographical areas. This pathogen causes severe morbidity and mortality in hospitals worldwide. MRSA is a...
Streptomyces roseoflavus Men-myco-93-63 was isolated from potato scab (S. scabies) decline soil as an antagonistic strain, which can effectively inhibit several phytopathogenic fungi and control important related plant diseases. In this study, cosynt...
A combination of at least three hemagglutination-inhibition-positive (HAI) and virus-specific (Hs) monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to glycoprotein E (gpE) of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) fully protected (100%) mice against JEV strain 733913 infecti...
An epidemiological survey and evaluation of the anti-bacterial growth effect of the aqueous leaf extract of the traditional medicinal plant Rhazya stricta were undertaken for extended-spectrum β-lactamase’s producing bacteria isolates collected from...
The role of chronic infections in causing coronary artery disease (CAD) has been investigated for the past several years. Among them, the role of Helicobacter pylori has stimulated keen interest. Though initial results were conflicting, there are gro...
