Publications by authors named "Maneli Amin Shahidi"
Article Synopsis
- Saprophytic fungi can lead to hospital-acquired infections, especially in patients who are already at high risk.
- These infections can significantly increase both mortality rates and healthcare costs.
- The study identified various fungi species in hospital environments, some of which were resistant to antifungal treatments, highlighting the need for further research on environmental fungi levels and their link to patient infections.
Erratum for Badiee et al., "Multicenter Study of Susceptibility of Aspergillus Species Isolated from Iranian University Hospitals to Seven Antifungal Agents".
Microbiol Spectr
August 2023
Comparison of in vitro activities of newer triazoles and classic antifungal agents against dermatophyte species isolated from Iranian University Hospitals: a multi-central study.
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob
February 2023
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on identifying dermatophytes using a technique called Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism and comparing how effective new and established antifungal drugs are against these fungi.
- Researchers collected clinical samples from patients at five Iranian universities and used specific lab methods to culture and analyze these samples, confirming that 95.6% of the isolated fungi were dermatophytes.
- The most frequently found dermatophytes were Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Trichophyton interdigitale, and Trichophyton rubrum, with luliconazole, terbinafine, and isavuconazole showing the best antifungal effectiveness in vitro.
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- The study evaluated the antifungal activities of 8 agents against Candida species isolated from immunocompromised patients in Iran, collected from 10 university hospitals between December 2019 and December 2021.
- It identified 598 strains, with C. albicans being the most common, followed by C. glabrata and others, using PCR methods for identification and standard microdilution techniques for testing antifungal susceptibility.
- Results showed that caspofungin and voriconazole had the lowest minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values, indicating they are the most effective treatments compared to other antifungal agents in this region, while some isolates exhibited multiazole resistance but not pan-azole resistance.
Multidrug-resistant Salmonella strains from food animals as a potential source for human infection in Iran.
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis
November 2022
This study aimed to determine the frequency and characterization of Salmonella isolates from food-producing animals and human diarrheal samples in Shiraz, Iran. Overall, 105 Salmonella isolates were obtained from chicken meat (70/100, 70.0%), beef (19/100, 19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAspergillus species are a major cause of life-threatening invasive infections and noninvasive diseases. This study seeks to investigate the frequency of Aspergillus species among Iranian patients and their susceptibility to seven antifungals. In a cross-sectional study, 233 Aspergillus isolates were collected from 11 university hospitals in Iran between 2018 and 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCampylobacter jejuni Bacteremia in a Patient With Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia.
Iran Red Crescent Med J
June 2016
Introduction: Campylobacter jejuni is a slender, motile, non-spore-forming, helical-shaped, gram-negative bacterium. It is one of the most common causes of human gastroenteritis in the world. The aim of this study was to present a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), who was infected with Campylobacter jejuni.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDetection of Salmonella spp. with the BACTEC 9240 Automated Blood Culture System in 2008 - 2014 in Southern Iran (Shiraz): Biogrouping, MIC, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Isolates.
Jundishapur J Microbiol
April 2016
Background: Human salmonellosis continues to be a major international problem, in terms of both morbidity and economic losses. The antibiotic resistance of Salmonella is an increasing public health emergency, since infections from resistant bacteria are more difficult and costly to treat.
Objectives: The aims of the present study were to investigate the isolation of Salmonella spp.
Background: Metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the burn patients is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality and remains a serious health concern among the clinicians.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to detect MBL-producing P. aeruginosa in burn patients and determine multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, and respective resistance patterns.
Background: H. pylori is a urease positive organism, and this activity in a gastric biopsy could be considered as a proof of the presence of H. pylori.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn improvement in isolation and preservation of clinical strains of Helicobacter pylori.
Trop Gastroenterol
November 2011
Background And Aim: Isolation of H. pylori from gastric mucosal biopsy specimens is a prerequisite for further studies addressing drug susceptibility testing, analysis and characterization of virulence factors, molecular epidemiology studying or other comparative studies. In this study, we used a modified enriched culture medium with short incubation time to improve the isolation rate of H.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAntimicrobial susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from patients in Shiraz, Southern Iran.
World J Gastroenterol
December 2010
Aim: To improve our understanding of Iranian regional variation in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) antibiotic resistance rates to find the best antibiotic therapy for eradication of H. pylori infections.
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