Objective
As an opportunistic pathogen,
Staphylococcus aureus
is associated with serious nosocomial infections and growing antimicrobial resistance against beta-lactams among
S. aureus
strains has become a global challenge. The current study was designed to investigate the presence of
agr
genes among
S. aureus
strains recovered from clinical samples in university hospitals of Isfahan and Shahrekord.
Results
A total of 150
S. aureus
isolates were screened by Disk diffusion method (DDM) and conventional PCR. The minimum (17.3%) and maximum (46%) antibiotic resistance rates were found in vancomycin and cefoxitin, respectively. The majority of our isolates were classified as
agr
type I followed by type II, type IV, and type III. The statistical analysis showed a significant correlation between
agr
type I and antibiotic resistance against cefoxitin and erythromycin (p = 0.04 and p = 0.03, respectively). Based on our findings, the
agr
typing could be considered an effective approach for molecular tracking of
S. aureus
infections.
BACKGROUND: Cancers are one of the most important causes of death in the world. According to their high incidence and mortality, gastrointestinal cancers have particular importance among other cancers. OBJECTIVE: Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the mortality change trends of gastrointestinal cancers in Iran. METHODS: This study was performed by analyzing the reported mortality data in 29 provinces of Iran in 2006-2010. Mortality trend of gastrointestinal cancers was drawn for both sexes in the study years and disaggregated by age groups and their frequency distribution. The WinPepi software was used for analysis. RESULTS: In the years 2006-2010, the mortality rate of, gastric, colorectal, liver and pancreatic cancers, has significantly increased. Totally, gastrointestinal mortality is higher in men than women. Also, the results showed that by increasing age, death from these cancers also increased. CONCLUSION: The most important causes of death from gastrointestinal cancers were gastric, liver and colorectal cancers in Iran and because of their increasing trend in the country, performing preventive interventions for the cancers’ risk factors is necessary.
ObjectiveOne of the most important causes of nosocomial infections is Staphylococcus aureus. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of these genes and the rate of expression of these genes during nasal colonization among the personnel of Kashani and Hajar hospitals.ResultsIn this Analytical-descriptive study, 240 nasal swab specimens were collected from personnel of different departments of Kashani and Hajar hospitals in Shahr-e-kord. Nasal specimens were cultured and 110 Staphylococcus strains were isolated. Based on the results, 110 carriers of Staphylococcus aureus were identified. The frequency of clfA, clfB, fnbA and fnbB genes were 36.3%, 86.3%, 7.2% and 43.6% respectively. It was also observed that the fnbA gene showed no expression, but of 95 clfB-positive samples, 73 isolates (76.8%) were expressed clfB gene. This study showed that the abundance of these genes varies in nasal colonization. It was also observed that clfB gene with a high frequency and high expression rate has an important role in nose colonization. These results not only provide insight into the factors involved in S. aureus colonization but also provide potential therapeutic targets.
Enterococci have been considered as one of the most common causes of nosocomial infections. The spread of antibiotic resistance has posed a serious challenge to treating the enterococcal infections. High-level aminoglycosides resistance leads to failure in the synergistic combination therapy.
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of high-level gentamicin resistance (HLGR) among clinical isolates of enterococci in Iran.
Systematic literature search was conducted in the Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar electronic databases from ar-ticles which were published from April 2000 to September 2018. Literature search yielded 918 studies. Eligible studies were selected ac-cording to the defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Statistical heterogeneity was estimated by Q statistic and the I2 index. The Begg’s rank correlation test and Egger’s weighted regression tests were used to evaluate possible publication bias.
Nineteen studies were included in this review. According to the meta-analysis results, the prevalence of HLGR among Enterococcus spp. was 49.4% (95% CI: 42.2%-56.6%). It was estimated 44.3% (95% CI: 38.1%-50.8%) and 66.3% (95% CI: 51.4%-78.6%) for E. faecalis and E. faecium, respectively.
Since notable rate of HLGR in enterococci was seen in this analysis, improving the implementation of all aspects of the infection control programmes is required. Accurate and regular monitoring of infection control procedures are necessary for reducing the dissemination of such infections.
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