Biotechnology - Sciene

     In this study, one hundred stool samples were collected from children under age of five years of both sexes suffering from diarrhea infection cases from Al-Kadhimia and Al-Elwia hospitals in Bagdad governorate, and from Ibn-Ghaswan hospital in Basra governorate. Stool samples were cultured on Salmonella-Shigella agar plates, and then 38 bacterial isolates were obtained. All these isolates were subjected to morphological, microscopically examinations and biochemical tests.

        This work aimed to study the effect of some probiotic microorganisms on fungi causing tinea pedis disease.

Proteus mirabilis, a common cause of nosocomial and catheter associated urinary tract infection, colonize the bladder and ascends the ureters to the proximal tubules of kidneys, leading to the development of acute pyelonephritis (Angela et al., 2003). Adherence of P. mirabilis to uroepithelial tissue may be an important virulence determinant in these infections because most proteus strains adhere to desquamated uroepithelial cells (Susan et al., 1986). Also p.