Increasing ciprofloxacin resistance among prevalent urinary tract bacterial isolates in Gaza Strip, Palestine.

This article presents the incidence of ciprofloxacin resistance among 480 clinical isolates obtained from patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) during January to June 2004 in Gaza Strip, Palestine. The resistance rates observed were 15.0% to ciprofloxacin, 82.

Increasing ciprofloxacin resistance among prevalent urinary tract bacterial isolates in the Gaza Strip.

Introduction: This study aims to assess common organisms causing urinary tract infection (UTI) in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian Authority and to examine the incidence of ciprofloxacin resistance in the strains of bacteria isolated from patients suspected with UTI over a six-month period.

Methods: Ciprofloxacin was evaluated along with other commonly-used antibiotics against a total of 480 clinical isolates obtained from urine samples. The samples were collected from community patients from different parts of the Gaza Strip.

Epidemiological survey of the prevalence of parasites among children in Khan Younis governorate, Palestine.

The prevalence of intestinal parasites was determined for 1,370 children in Khan Younis Governorate, Gaza Strip. The age of the children ranged from 6 to 11 years. For stool samples, inspection, direct smear microscopy, flotation and sedimentation techniques were used.

Relationship between demographic characteristics and community-acquired urinary tract infection.

To investigate the effect of age, sex and marital status on the etiology of community-acquired urinary tract infection and the antimicrobial resistance of uropathogens, urine specimens collected from 270 outpatients were analysed and 121 significant monomicrobial cultures obtained. The microorganisms were identified and their susceptibility to 14 selected antimicrobial agents was determined. These results were then related to the age, sex and marital status of the patients.

Susceptibility patterns in Pseudomonas aeruginosa causing nosocomial infections.

Nosocomial infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa has not been reported previously in the Gaza Strip. This study aims to determine the distribution of antimicrobial drug resistance in P. aeruginosa causing nosocomial infections.