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Isolation and Identification of Multi-Drug-Resistant Bacteria from the Skin of Diabetic Patients in Mosul, Iraq
Mar 25, 2025Journal n Journal of Bioscience and Applied Resear
Publisher P.293-302
DOI DOI: 10.21608/jbaar.2025.350760.1136
Issue pISSN: 2356-9174, eISSN: 2356-9182
Volume Vol.11, No. 1,
Gramme-positive bacteria were shown to be the primary cause of skin infections associated with diabetes, and they showed varying degrees of resistance to most antibiotics. Additionally, Vancomycin-resistant bacterial isolates were inhibited when a chloromazine minimal inhibitory concentration was employed in conjunction with vancomycin. Methodology and results: The current study isolated and identified the bacteria that cause skin infections in diabetic patients. Among the 20 swabs from the skin of diabetic patients, 11(55%) isolates grew and fermented the mannitol salt agar, 7(35%) of them coagulated the plasma in the coagulase test and were positive to catalase test and produced Beta haemolysis on blood agar. The resistance to antibiotics shows all (100%) isolates resistant to Benzylpenicillin and Oxacillin, 5 (71.5%) of isolates Staphylococcus aureus, resistant to Tetracycline, 4 (57%) isolates resistant to Erythromycin, 6 (85.7%) isolates resistant to Clindamycin, and 1 (14%) of isolates resistant to Fusidic acid, vancomycin, teicoplanin, and rifampicin, respectively. Conclusion: According to the study, most skin ulcers in diabetic individuals are caused by gram-positive bacteria, which also exhibit multiple drug resistance. The combination of chlorpromazine and vancomycin also inhibited the bacterial resistance to the antibiotic, improving the likelihood that these ulcers could be treated. It is also advised that more research be done to determine how effective this medication is before applying it to human skin.
Biodiversity of some Species of Alternaria Fungi Causing Spotting in Ornamental Plants
Mar 1, 2023Journal Rafidain Journal of Science
Publisher pp.90-101
DOI DOI: 10.33899/rjs.2023.177291
Issue p-ISSN: 1608-9391 e -ISSN: 2664-2786
Volume Vol. 32, No.1,
The pathogenic fungi causing leaf spotting of several species of ornamental plants were isolates, diagnosed and purified. a (229) fungal isolates belonging to several fungal genera was obtained and the species belonging to the genus Alternaria were selected to conduct experiments on them. Where (89) isolates of the fungal type Alternaria dianthi and (68) isolates of the type A.alternata were obtained in addition to three isolates of the type A.longipes and one isolate of the type A.radicine. The phenotypic qualities represented by the forms of colonies, which are considered evidence in classification and innate diagnosis, have also been studied, and the colors of colonies belonging to this genus ranged from dark olive to pale in addition to some other phenotypic qualities such as the emergence of the phenomenon of sectors characterized by some fungal isolates.