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Amin Akia, Dr Kiomars Amini,
Volume 21, Issue 6 (Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences 2017)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Staphylococcus aureus can cause a range of diseases including skin disorders, food poisoning and nosocomial infections. Resistance to antibiotics is a major problem and widespread use of antibiotics plays a major role in the emergence of resistant bacteria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibiotic resistance and isolation of vancomycin resistance genes in S. aureus strains isolated from clinical samples by multiplex PCR.
Material and methods: 150 clinical samples were collected randomly from ulcers and nasal swabs from medical centers in Tehran from April to July 2015. Biochemical and microbiological tests were performed to identify strains of S. aureus. Antibiotic susceptibility test was conducted by disc diffusion (Kirby-Bauer) method.
Results: The highest resistance rate belonged to clindamycin (83.3 %). Vancomycin and linezolid had the highest sensitivity rate (96.6%). Using multiplex PCR, from 60 human samples only one (1.6%) had VanA and VanB genes, but we did not detect VanC gene in the samples.
Conclusion: The results showed a high prevalence rate of S. aureus with low resistance to vancomycin in the clinical samples.
Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin resistance genes, Multiplex PCR.
Received: Jan 3, 2016 Accepted: Jul 13, 2016
Mostafa Jahangir, Dr. Alireza Khorakian, Dr. Saeed Mortazavi, Dr. Ehsan Elahi,
Volume 25, Issue 2 (Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences 2020)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Organizational change risks are defined as the likelihood of adverse events and the negative consequences that threaten organizational change. The purpose of this research is to identify the risks of organizational change in medical universities, extracting the relationships between these risks and classifying them based on the drive power and dependence power.
Materials and Methods: In this research, which is a mix method research, organizational change risks were identified using the Glaserian grounded theory approach, and then, using the interpretative structural modeling (ISM) method, the relationships between organizational change risks are determined. Finally, using MICMAC analysis, the type of organizational change risks was identified. The study population in both quantitative and qualitative sections was faculty members and managers of medical universities. A purposive sampling method was used to select the samples.
Results: Analysis of the interviews led to the emergence of 33 organizational change risks in 10 categories. Based on interpretive structural modeling, organizational change risks were classified into five levels.
Conclusion: Given that the risks associated with knowledge management in change management, the risks related to objectives of organizational change, and the risks pertaining to employee perception of organizational change have the greatest impact on other risks, and at the same time they accept the least effect, they should be prioritized.
Dr Ahad Bakhtiari, Amirhossein Takian, Dr Masoud Behzadifar, Ms Fatemeh Hosseinpour, Dr Hakimeh Mostafavi,
Volume 26, Issue 5 (Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences- Special issue 2021)
Abstract
Background and Aim: Since the discovery of the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus on December 30, 2019, in China, and the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 11, 2020, healthcare systems and economies around the world have faced unprecedented challenges. The impact of the crisis on non-communicable diseases and the delivery of related services, which could lead to a second crisis, has been a particular source of concern. We review the world's experience in this area here.
Materials and Methods: This is a systematic review of studies related to the effects of COVID-19 pandemic and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on eachother, and its impact on provision of related healthcare services for NCDs, carried out in 2021 by defining search keywords and database including PubMed / MEDLINE ، ISI / Web of Sciences (WOS) and Scopus.
Results: 625 articles were found in the first search, that 98 duplicate onees were removed. Following a review of the article titles, 216 studies were removed as well. The abstracts of the articles were then reviewed, and 139 items were removed too. Finally, the study included 81 articles that met the previously mentioned criteria. The studies' findings were divided into seven groups: increased disease severity, decreased referrals to medical centers, decreased care delivery, increased anxiety and depression, decreased diagnosis of diseases, reduced elective surgeries, and strategies used to provide services to patients.
Conclusion: A review of country policies and experiences and the loss of thousands of human resources in the field of health during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis showed that country governance systems should prioritize capacity building and updating action plans to deal with similar crises. In the meantime, a resilient national program for the prevention and effective fight against NCDs, as the most important cause of death of citizens that is also preventable, and its uninterrupted implementation during crises of the health system is of fundamental importance
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