44 research outputs found
Implementasi Pasal 74 Undang-undang No. 40 Tahun 2007 Tentang Perseroan Terbatas Mengenai Tanggung Jawab Sosial Perusahaan Di PTPN III
The Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by PTPN III conducted based on Article 88 of Law No. 19 of 2003 on State Enterprises (BUMN Law) and Article 74 of Law No. 40 Year 2007 regarding Limited Liability Company (Company Law) but the implementation of CSR can not be implemented by the Company Law and channeled properly because the Company Law does not expressly regulate the implementation of CSR, causing an unstable state in its implementation. Based on the background problems above it is found that First, the rule of law in the Corporate Social Responsibility before and after the enactment of Article 74 of Company Law, Second, The Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility by PTPN III based on Article 74 of Company Law, Third, stakeholders participation in The implementation of The Obligations Social responsibility in PTPN III
Social exclusion of older persons: a scoping review and conceptual framework
As a concept, social exclusion has considerable potential to explain and respond to disadvantage in later life. However, in the context of ageing populations, the construct remains ambiguous. A disjointed evidence-base, spread across disparate disciplines, compounds the challenge of developing a coherent understanding of exclusion in older age. This article addresses this research deficit by presenting the findings of a two-stage scoping review encompassing seven separate reviews of the international literature pertaining to old-age social exclusion. Stage one involved a review of conceptual frameworks on old-age exclusion, identifying conceptual understandings and key domains of later-life exclusion. Stage two involved scoping reviews on each domain (six in all). Stage one identified six conceptual frameworks on old-age exclusion and six common domains across these frameworks: neighbourhood and community; services, amenities and mobility; social relations; material and financial resources; socio-cultural aspects; and civic participation. International literature concentrated on the first four domains, but indicated a general lack of research knowledge and of theoretical development. Drawing on all seven scoping reviews and a knowledge synthesis, the article presents a new definition and conceptual framework relating to old-age exclusion
Phytotherapy in Streptococcus agalactiae: An Overview of the Medicinal Plants Effective against Streptococcus agalactiae
Streptococcus agalactiae is a spherical and Gram-positive bacterium that causes postpartum sepsis, endometritis, chorioamnionitis and premature delivery in pregnant women. The use of herbs and natural ingredients for the treatment of various disorders has been common. The present review is a report on the medicinal plants with anti-Streptococcus agalactiae effects. In this review, the search was carried out in Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar and Science direct by keywords such as bacteria, Streptococcus agalactiae and medicinal plants. According to the search results, 10 medicinal plants are used as anti-bacterial against Streptococcus agalactiae. Results of this study suggest that the active ingredients listed in this review paper used for pharmacological studies on Streptococcus agalactiae so it can produce effective natural antibiotic for the future
Molecular Detection of Carbapenem Resistance in Acinetobacter Baumannii Isolated From Patients in Khorramabad City, Iran
BACKGROUND: Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen, which causes a wide range of infections in hospitals, especially in intensive care units. Nowadays, due to the high resistance of Acinetobacter bumanni to antibiotics, this study, in addition to the phenotypic and genotypic investigations of drug resistance, focused on determining the molecular types of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients in Khorramabad city by the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) method. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 50 samples of Acinetobacter baumannii were collected from educational hospitals in Khorramabad city, Iran, from January to August 2015. They were identified in the laboratory using biochemical tests and culture methods. After determining the drug resistance pattern by the disc diffusion method and percentage of resistance genes to carbapenems, Acinetobacter baumannii isolates were analyzed using the PFGE method using the Apa1 enzyme. RESULTS: The highest antibiotic resistance observed for Acinetobacter baumannii strains was against ampicillin-sulbactam (100) and aztreonam (98). The highest sensitivity was to polymixin B (100) and colistin (94), and also to the OXA-51-like gene present in all samples. The OXA-23-like gene was positive in 44 (88) samples. PFGE results showed that Acinetobacterbaumannii strains had 33 different pulsotype patterns, of which 27 patterns had more than one strain and 23 had only one strain. CONCLUSION: Due to the high resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii and its ease of spread and its ability to transfer resistance genes, resistance control methods should be used in the disinfection of hospital areas. Hospital staff should observe hygiene standards and there should also be a reduction in antibiotic use
Phytotherapy for Streptococcus sanguis
Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguisare the most important bacterial agents of dental caries. Streptococcus sanguisis the most commonly isolated species of the dental plaque. Medicinal plants are rich sources of bioactive and antioxidant substances which treat various diseases with various mechanisms. Since Streptococcussanguisis one of the bacterial agents responsible for dental caries, the efforts in this article were on reporting the medicinal plants which have an effective effect on this bacteria. Searching for articles with words of Streptococcussanguis, phytotherapy, medicinal herbs, and tooth diseases was done in present reviewing study. Searching was done from databases such as Scopus, ISC, SID, Meiran, and some other databases. Accordingly, 23 drugs which are effective on Streptococcus sanguisare used. It was determined based on the obtained results that Cinnamomum cassia, Stachys byzanthina, Stachys lavandulifolia, Phlomis brugueur, Juglans regia, Lonicera japonica, Jasminum sambac, Eucommia ulmoides, Camellia sinensis, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Cymbopogon citratus, Ilex paraguariensis, Rosmarinus officinalis, Kaempferia pandurata, Azardirachta indica, Acacia nilotica, Ocimum basilicum, Emblica officinalis, Terminalia bellirica, Syzygium cuminii, Syzygium aromaticum, Diclinanona calycina and Thyrsodium spruceanum medicinal plants are the most important medicinal plants with anti-Streptococcus sanguis properties. Medicinal plants used in this study have anti-Streptococcus sanguis properties due to presents of bioactive substances, antioxidants, flavonoids, flavones, anthocyanins, and the like
Systematic review for phytotherapy in Streptococcus Mutans
Streptococcus mutans is one of the bacteria that are a major cause of tooth decay. Streptococcus mutans plays a special role in plaque formation and tooth decay. S. mutans, which is a gram-positive cocci and encapsulated bacterium, produces acid and is considered as an extracellular glucan polymer. Medicinal plants are of special value and importance in securing health status at the society level in terms of both treatment and prevention of human diseases and are as old as human history. The present review study reports on medicinal plants that are used as antibacterials against S. mutans. In this study, the search process was done using keywords, such as bacteria, Streptococcus mutans, and medicinal plants. Databases such as ISI Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar and Science Direct were searched and the relevant articles were used for reviewing purposes. Based on the results, there are 48 medicinal plants with anti-S. mutans effects. © 2017, Pharmainfo Publications. All rights reserved
Determination of Different Fluoroquinolone Mechanisms Among Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii in Tehran, Iran
Background: Acinetobacter baumannii isolates resistant to fluoroquinolones, such as levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin are being increasingly developed every day. Objectives: In this study, ciprofloxacin resistance in A. baumannii isolates was determined by the presence or absence of efflux pump inhibitors, as the efflux pumps play an important role in the creation of ciprofloxacin resistance. Methods: One hundred and three Acinetobacter isolates were collected from ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and burn patients of Tehran hospitals, Iran, during six months of 2014. Susceptibility rates of the isolates to levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin antibiotics were assessed using the agar disk diffusion and broth microdilution. The effects of the efflux pump inhibitors including phenylalanine-arginine beta-naphthylamide (PA beta N) and 1-(1-naphtylmethyl)-piperazine (NMP) on ciprofloxacin resistance were investigated. Further, the quinolone resistance qnrA, qnrB, qnrS, and adeABC genes were evaluated using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Finally, to examine the mutation in quinolone resistance-determining regions, the PCR products of the gyrA and parC genes were sequenced. Results: According to the results of the antibiogram test, 74.7 and 33 of the studied isolates were resistant to ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin, respectively. Also, there was a significant relationship between the type of the specimen and resistance to ciprofloxacin (P = 0.02) and resistance to levofloxacin (P = 0.04). As for the synergistic study of the inhibitors with ciprofloxacin, the reduction of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was observed in 40 and 56.6 of the isolates in the presence of PA beta N and NMP, respectively. The prevalence rates of qnrA, qnrB, qnrS, AdeA, AdeB, and AdeC genes were 0, 0, 3.9, 100, 100 and 100, respectively. In all the resistant isolates, mutation of in the gyrA gene was observed, but no mutation was seen in the parC gene. Conclusions: The presence of the efflux pumps and the gyrA gene mutation are still considered as the most important factors causing fluoroquinolone resistance; however, identification of the qnr genes for the first time in Tehran hospitals, Iran, can lead to further concerns in the future
Phytotherapy for Streptococcus pyogenes
Streptococcus pyogenes is a gram-positive extracellular bacteria. S. pyogenes can cause skin and upper respiratory tract infections that lead to certain complications such as rheumatic fever, impetigo, scarlet fever, and glomerulonephritis. Nowadays, increasing development of antibiotic resistance is being addressed as one of the most important and challenging medical issues. The use of medicinal plants to treat diseases dates back to thousands of years ago. The aim of the current review is to report medicinal plants with antibacterial effects against S. pyogenes. To achieve this purpose, bacterium, Streptococcus pyogenes, and medicinal plants were used as search terms to retrieve relevant publications from the Institute for Scientific Information of Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect. According to the findings, 82 medicinal plants were reported to have antibacterial effects against S. pyogenes. Hence these medicinal plants also have antimicrobial activities. The antibacterial properties of the herbal plants reported in this review have been confirmed, this active ingredients of these plants are natural antibiotics. © 2017, Pharmainfo Publications. All rights reserved
Systematic review and meta-analysis of carbapenem-resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii in Iran
INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) has been increased in worldwide. Thus therapeutic options are extremely limited. We performed a systematic review to evaluate of phenotypic and genotypic carbapenem resistance in A.baumannii reported in Iran. METHODS: We systematically searched Pub Med, Web of Science direct and Google scholar databases to identify studies addressing the carbapenem resistance of A. baumannii. From the first 71 papers. Selected papers were published between 2005 and November 2016 .Although sample collection year, between 2002 and 20116. To estimate the prevalence of the DerSimonian and Laird randomized models, 95 confidence interval was used. For heterogeneity check, I2 was used. The Egger test was used to check the propagation bias. RESULTS: Analysis of data exposed that there was an increase in resistance to carbapenems from 4.5 to 2005 year until 100 to 2016 year prevalence rate 65.4 (95 CI: 58.8 - 71.6). CONCLUSION: According to result of this study, the rate of resistance to carbapenem in A.baumannii the increasing in Iran. Present of carbapenem resistant isolates are major concern because carbapenems are main drug against MDR isolates