Prevalence of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Sweets from Local Markets in Iran.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the prevalences of some important antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) and foodborne bacterial pathogens in sweet samples collected from local markets in Iran.

Methods: Forty sweet samples were collected. Foodborne pathogens and ARGs were detected in the sweet samples by conventional and multiplex PCR assays using species-specific primers.

Anticancer Properties of Probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii Supernatant on Human Breast Cancer Cells.

Saccharomyces boulardii, a variety of S. cerevisiae, is used as a probiotic yeast in food and drug industries. However, S.

Prevalence, Phylogroups and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Isolates from Food Products.

The emergence of multi-drug resistant is an important matter of increasing considerable concern to global public health. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence, antibiotic resistance pattern and phylogroups of isolates obtained from raw milk, vegetable salad and ground meat samples collected from Qazvin Province (Iran). Culture-based techniques, Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion susceptibility testing and PCR assays were used to determine the incidence rate, antimicrobial resistance pattern and phylogenetic groups of the isolates.

Genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance of spp. isolates from food products.

The emergence of multidrug-resistant is a significant threat to global public health. Limited studies have investigated the incidence, antimicrobial susceptibility, and genetic diversity of isolated from food products. Conventional culture-based, serologic, molecular, disk diffusion, PCR, and RAPD-PCR methods were used to determine the prevalence rate, phenotypic and genotypic antibiotic resistance profile, and genetic diversity of the isolates from food samples including vegetable salad, ground meat, and raw cow's milk (405 samples).

Genotypic and antimicrobial resistance characterizations of isolated from powdered milk infant formula: A comparison between domestic and imported products.

, an opportunistic foodborne pathogen and a main cause of meningitis in neonates, is usually isolated from powdered milk infant formula (PMIF). At the present study, were isolated from imported and domestically produced PMIF samples and identified by detection of gene using real-time PCR SYBR green melting curve following the evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility and genotyping of the isolates employing BOX-PCR and RAPD methods. We detected totally 5% contamination rate and a significantly higher prevalence of in bulky imported domestically packaged PMIF samples.

A Survey of Iron Supplementation Consumption and its Related Factors in High School Students in Southeast Iran, 2015.

Background: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of iron supplement consumption and its associated factors among high school students in Iran.

Methods: A mixed-methods (quantitative-qualitative) study was conducted in Zahedan, southeast Iran, in 2015. The sample comprised 400 high school students from different areas of Zahedan who were randomly selected.

Barriers to implementation of evidence based practice in zahedan teaching hospitals, iran, 2014.

This study aimed to determine the barriers to implementation of EBP among nurses. This cross-sectional study was conducted in Zahedan City, South East of Iran, in 2014. The questionnaire of barriers to implementation of EBP consists of 27 statements which was distributed among 280 nurses.