Isolation of bacteriophages against multidrug resistant .

Increasing multiple drug resistant (MDR) strains of has aggravated curiosity in development of alternative therapy. Bacteriophages are often considered as alternative agents for controlling infections. In the present study two lytic phages for MDR were isolated and their efficacy and host ranges were evaluated.

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA different genotypes in Isfahan, Iran.

Background: It is believed that the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) vacA gene, as a major virulence determinant (One of the major virulence determinant, not major), may be a risk factor for the development of gastroduodenal diseases. The frequency of vacA genotypes varies in different human populations.

In vitro evaluation of griseofulvin against clinical isolates of dermatophytes from Isfahan.

Fifty dermatophyte isolates, recently obtained from clinical materials, belonging to Trichophyton mentagrophytes, T. verrucosum, Microsporum canis and Epidermophyton floccosum were examined for their susceptibility to griseofulvin. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values were obtained using the modified microdilution method.