Our study included (84) patients: 86 cases suffering from chronic osteomyelitis: various causes, location and degrees.
All patients operated: after curettage of necrotic and infected tissues; system of continuous irrigation with antibiotics was in
serted to the infected zone; all cases were followed up for 1 year. 86% of positive results were obtained and results were bad in 14% of cases>
The high positive results (86%) confirm high effect of continuous irrigation with antibiotics as a good method for chronic osteomyelitis treatment, because this method allows delivery of suitable antibiotics in high concentration into the infected area, which is enough to kill microbes and allows to obtain best results.
A total of 294 samples of raw-unpasteurized bovine milk and variety of
dairy products (hard cheese, sweet cheese, cream cheese and cream), were
collected from local markets in Lattakia city as well as 44 samples of used water
(clear potable water
collected before used in cheese preparing processes) and
preserving water (turbid water collected from hard cheese preserving tanks).
All samples were analyzed for E.coli O157: H7 detection.
A total of 73 drinking water samples were collected from distribution
system in Lattakia city, the aim was to search for hetrotrophic bacteria and
investigate their resistance to chlorine and antibiotics. The antibiotic
susceptibility tests were:
carried out by using agar dillution method (MIC) and
the antibiotics tested were: Ampicillin, Chloramphenicol, tetracycline,
Amikacin, Ciprofloxacin, Cefotaxim, Gentamicin, Erythromycin Piperacilin/
Tazobactam, and cephalothin.
A sum of 133 bacterial strains were isolated and included by five genera:
pseudomonas, acinetobacter, flavobacter, chromobacter, and methylobacter.
The samples content of residual chlorine were ranged between 0.1 to 3.8 mg/l.
The majority of bacterial strains isolated were resistance to chlorine. The
multiple antibiotic resistances were common amongst isolated bacterial strains.
We screening for antimicrobial substances production from marine algae of
Syria. We presented results of ١٦ algal species tested by their lipide and
aqueous extracts agaimst Gram’s negative and positive bacteria, as well as one
fungous species.
T
he lipide not aqueous extracts were the active against Gram’s positive
bacteria especially.
No effect founded on the fongous species. In addition we make comparative
viewing with other studies on other mediterranean contries regarding the same
species of algae tested.
