Urinary tract infection and urothellal carcinoma

Urine samples of 113 patients suffering from cancer of the bladder were examined and cultured. The isolated bacteria were identified and their sensitivity to an array of antimicrobial drugs were tested. Most these bacteria were resistant to the antimicrobials used. The relationship between urinary tract infection and bladder cancer as discussed

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in Iraq

Sixteen cases of Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis [XGP] were treated in Saddam Medical City Hospital, Baghdad. There were 11 males and 5 females. The age ranged from 5 - 70 years. In ten cases the right kidney was involved and in six patients the left kidney was affected. the, bacteria incriminated in the urinary tract infection were Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella

Inhibition of hemagglutination of escherichia coli causing infantile diarrhoea by antibiotics: a study on certain natural characteristics in relation to virulence

Eacherichia coli isolates from 52 babies suffering from diarrhoea were examined for haemagglutination, haemolysin production and sensitivity to different antibacterial drugs. The effect of chloramphenicol and tetracycline on the haemagglutination was studied and it appeared that these two antibiotics can inhibit the haemagglutination. If this mechanism is operating in vivo i.e. between the bacteria and the Intestinal mucosa, then certain antibiotics have besides their therapeutic property, an effects on the removal of pill from the bacterial surface

In vitro activity of gentamycin, tobramycin, and kanamycin on pseudomonas aeruginosa causing urinary tract infection

Tobramycin and gentamycin were found to have a satisfactory in vitro activity against isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing urinary tract infections

In vitro drug resistance of E coli strains causing urinary tract infections

140 cases of urinary tract infection due to E. coli were examined bacteriologically and their sensitivity to different antimicrobial drugs were tested. The resistant [R+] strains of E. coli were incriminated in 90% of the cases while only 10% of the cases were due to the sensitive [R-] strains of E. coli. Only 19 isolates were resistant to nitrofurantoin and 66 to co-trimoxazole

Effect of antibiotic therapy on resistance of intestinal E Coli from hospitalized patients and healthy controls

The effect of antibiotic treatment and hospital environment on occurrence of antibiotic resistance in intestinal E. coil was studied. It seems that both hospital environment and antibiotic treatment favours antibiotic resistance. Resistance to TSX Trimethoprim-Sulphamethoxazole is commoner than what was reported earlier. Resistance to TSX is associated with resistance to polymyxin B or with multiple drug resistance. In vitro sensitivity indicates that resistance to 200 micro g. Nitrofurantoin is uncommon