Antibiotic resistance of faecal Enterobacteriaceae isolated from healthy volunteers, a 15-week follow-up study

1993 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. London ◽  
R. Nijsten ◽  
A. v. d. Bogaard ◽  
E. Stobberingh
Author(s):  
Sadaf Ilias ◽  
Jill Barber

This case study describes a recent learning activity involving pharmacy undergraduate students in which a final (fourth) year student trained 21 second year students to administer questionnaires about antibiotic resistance to over 700 student users of a large university building. The aim was to raise awareness of the problem of antibiotic resistance.  The second year students were also trained to correct any misapprehensions held by the questionnaire participants about antibiotic resistance, and to encourage them to become "Antibiotic Guardians". Finally the 22 students analysed the data to give a picture of what the other students understood about antibiotic resistance.  Peer-assisted learning therefore cascaded from a single fourth year student to 21 second year students and then to 700 students from various disciplines and year groups.  The first stage of the cascade was evaluated and the 21 second year students overwhelmingly believed that their knowledge of antibiotic resistance was enhanced.  A follow-up study using the same questionnaire will be used to determine whether the exercise was effective in raising awareness of antibiotic resistance among the body of students surveyed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
Md Mahabubul Islam Majumder ◽  
Tarek Ahmed ◽  
Saleh Ahmed ◽  
Ashiqur Rahman Khan ◽  
Chinmoy Kumar Saha

Introduction: Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is one of the most challenging global health threats. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common infection. Regional surveillance programs are necessary to update knowledge on antimicrobial resistance pattern where empirical antibiotic treatment is the mainstay. The aim of this follow up study is to see the changing trends in bacteriology and antibiotic resistance pattern among urological pathogens in comparison to similar study 5 years back. Materials and Methods: We performed a prospective study in Comilla Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh during the period of July 2015- June 2016. Midstream clean-catch urine samples were collected from 658 suspected UTI patients with age more than 12 years and inoculated in MacConkey& Blood agar media for semi quantitative urine culture and sensitivity test. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern was done by Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method following clinical laboratory science (CLS) program. Results: Culture positive were in 198 samples among 658 inoculated samples. E. coli was isolated from 171(86%) samples which was the most predominant bacteria followed by Klebsiella and Enterococcus. UTI with E. coli was significantly increased in the year 2016 in comparison to 2011. Meropenem, imipenem, amikacin, tazobactum, gentamycin nitrofurantoin, and mecillinum found resistance against 0% to 12% of the urological pathogens. Bacteria offered high degree of resistance against commonly used antibiotics - amoxycillin, amoxiclav, cephradine and cefixime ranging 60% to 86%. Comparative study of 2016 vs 2011 shows significant increased resistance for ceftriaxone, amoxiclav and reduced resistance for nalidexic acid, mecillinum and cefuroxime. Conclusion: E. coli infection is significantly increaseing in follow up study from 2011 to 2016 with no steady increase in resistance to all antibiotics. Imipenem, meropenem, tazobactum, amikacin and nitrofurantoin still remain more sensitive while comparative study of 2016 vs 2011 shows significant increased resistance for ceftriaxone, and amoxiclave and reduced resistance for nalidexic acid, mecillinum, cefixime and cefuroxime. Medicine Today 2019 Vol.31(1): 9-14


Author(s):  
C. Wolpers ◽  
R. Blaschke

Scanning microscopy was used to study the surface of human gallstones and the surface of fractures. The specimens were obtained by operation, washed with water, dried at room temperature and shadowcasted with carbon and aluminum. Most of the specimens belong to patients from a series of X-ray follow-up study, examined during the last twenty years. So it was possible to evaluate approximately the age of these gallstones and to get information on the intensity of growing and solving.Cholesterol, a group of bile pigment substances and different salts of calcium, are the main components of human gallstones. By X-ray diffraction technique, infra-red spectroscopy and by chemical analysis it was demonstrated that all three components can be found in any gallstone. In the presence of water cholesterol crystallizes in pane-like plates of the triclinic crystal system.


1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 713-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. NAPANKANGAS ◽  
M.A.M. SALONEN ◽  
A.M. RAUSTIA

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A628-A628
Author(s):  
P CLEMENS ◽  
V HAWIG ◽  
M MUELLER ◽  
J SCAENZLIN ◽  
B KLUMP ◽  
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