ABSTRACT
           Background and Objectives: Helicobacter pylori is the most common cause of gastritis and ulcer worldwide. Treatment of such infections may lead to failure due to drug resistance. This study aimed to investigate the antimicrobial effects of bacteria present in camel milk on the growth of drug-resistant clinical isolates of H. pylori.
           Methods: In this cross-sectional study, biopsy samples from 75 patients with digestive symptoms were transferred to laboratory in transport medium containing homogeneous compounds. In order to isolate H. pylori, urease-positive biopsies were promptly cultured in brucella agar enriched with defibrinated sheep blood and fetal calf serum. Disk diffusion agar test was used to evaluate antibiotic susceptibility and agar well diffusion method was applied to study the antagonistic effect of probiotics isolated from camel milk on the H. pylori isolates.
           Results: The frequency of H. pylori isolates was 42.7%. The highest rate of resistance was observed against metronidazole (56.3%). In addition, the rate of resistant to amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, and clarithromycin and tetracycline was 31.3%, 18.8%, 15.6%, respectively. Lactobacillus plantarum (59.3%) was more frequent than other Lactobacillus species. L. plantarum, Lactobacillus fermentum and Lactobacillus casei showed favorable inhibitory effects against the H. pylori isolates, but L. plantarum (with inhibition zone diameter of 20.3 mm) showed the highest inhibitory effect.
           Conclusion: Considering the increasing rate of drug resistance and the inhibitory effect of probiotics isolated from milk, health providers recommend that promoting consumption of probiotic food seems beneficial for the general population and those suffering from gastrointestinal disorders.
           Keywords: Helicobacter pylori, Drug resistance, Camel, milk, Probiotics.

ABSTRACT
              Background and Objectives: Current medications used for the treatment of burn wounds have some side effects and disadvantages. Oral or topical administration of probiotic bacteria is thought to be useful for treatment of skin disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate effects of spray-dried Streptococcus thermophilus on healing of second-degree burn wounds.
              Methods: After induction of second-degree burn on back of 80 male Wistar rats, the animals were randomly allocated to negative control (no treatment), first vehicle control (treatment with Eucerin), second vehicle control (treatment with skim milk) and experimental (treatment with bacterial ointment) groups. Wound healing rate (percent) and histopathological parameters of wound samples were evaluated on post-burn days 1, 3, 7 and 14.
              Results: On days 3 and 7, macroscopic results showed that the healing rate was significantly higher in the experimental group compared to the control groups. Histopathological analysis of wound samples showed increased fibroblastic migration, collagen formation and re-epithelialization in the wounds treated with probiotic bacteria compared with the wounds of control groups.
              Conclusion: Our results indicate that the topical use of spray-dried S. thermophilus could be useful for the treatment of burn wounds.
              Keywords: Streptococcus thermophilus; Probiotics; Burns; Wound Healing; Rats.