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Performance of the BioFire FilmArray Pneumonia Panel Plus Compared to Standard Microbiology in Lung Transplant Donor and Recipient Samples: A Prospective Cohort Study

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
A prospective study demonstrating that the BioFire Pneumonia Panel Plus shows substantial concordance with culture in donor samples and moderate concordance in recipient samples, supporting its potential role in guiding perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in lung transplantation.
Andrea Lombardi, Giulia Renisi, Lorenzo Rosso, Letizia Morlacchi, Jacopo Fumagalli, Lisa Cariani, Ilaria Righi, Valeria Rossetti, Arianna Liparoti, Cecilia Azzarà, Davide Mangioni, Laura Alagna, Paola Saltini, Maria Francesca Liporace, Chiara Abbruzzese, Annapaola Callegaro, Francesco Blasi, Giacomo Grasselli, Mario Nosotti, Alessandra Bandera   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Superbugs are pathogenic micro-organism and especially a bacterium that has developed resistance to the medications normally used against it.
Alkali Bashir, Iliyasu Garba, Adamu Almustapha Aliero, Abdurrazak Kibiya, Muhammad Hassan Abubakar, Ibrahim Ntulume, Faruk Sarkinfada, Agwu Ezera   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

In vitro analysis of colistin-carbapenem combination activity against Acinetobacter spp infection

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2018
Introduction: Increasing carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter spp calls for the appraisal of alternative strategies in Acinetobacter spp infection therapy.
Micheline Soudeiha, E Salem Sokhn, Ziad Daoud, Dolla Sarkis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bacterial Biofilm and its Clinical Implications [PDF]

, 2018
Microbial biofilm created huge burden in treatment of both community and hospital infections. A biofilm is complex communities of bacteria attached to a surface or interface enclosed in an exopolysaccharide matrix and protected from unfavorable ...
Shakibaie, Prof
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Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria are threatening modern health care. However, estimating their incidence, complications, and attributable mortality is challenging.
Abu Sin, Muna, Andrasevic, Arjana Tambic, Aracil, Belen, Asensio, Angel, Billstrom, Hanna, Borg, Michael A., Budimir, Ana, Burns, Karen, Canica, Manuela, Cassini, Alessandro, Catry, Boudewijn, Cecchini, Michele, Coignard, Bruno, Colomb-Cotinat, Melanie, Daikos, George L., de Greeff, Sabine C., Deptula, Aleksander, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Dobreva, Elina Georgieva, Dsstat, Patrizio Pezzotti, Dumpis, Uga, Eckmanns, Tim, Elstrom, Petter, Fernandes, Paulo Andre, Gagliotti, Carlo, Gikas, Achilleas, Guolaugsson, Olafur, Hajdu, Agnes, Haller, Sebastian, Hogberg, Liselotte Diaz, Hopkins, Susan, Hoxha, Ana, Hryniewicz, Waleria, Ivanov, Ivan Nikolaev, Ivanova, Marina, Jalava, Jari, Johnson, Alan, Klavs, Irena, Koek, Mayke B. G., Kolman, Jana, Kontopidou, Flora, Korosec, Ales, Kretzschmar, Mirjam E., Kristinsson, Karl G., Larsson, Sofie, Latour, Katrien, Litvova, Slavka, Liuimiene, Agne, Lyytikainen, Outi, Manageiro, Vera, Martin, Pille, Mertens, Karl, Monen, Jos C. M., Monnet, Dominique L., Murchan, Stephen, Nogueira, Paulo Jorge, Oliveira, Tiago Cravo, Olsen, Stefan Schytte, Ouakrim, Driss Ait, Paphitou, Niki, Perez-Vazquez, Maria, Perrin, Monique, Plachouras, Diamantis, Popescu, Gabriel Adrian, Quattrocchi, Annalisa, Reilly, Jacqui S., Schreterova, Eva, Serban, Roxana Ioana, Simonsen, Gunnar Skov, Sonksen, Ute Wolff, Soprek, Silvija, Stefkovicova, Maria, Strauss, Reinhild, Struelens, Marc J., Struyf, Thomas, Suetens, Carl, Toth, Akos, Tsiodras, Sotirios, Zabicka, Dorota, Zemlickova, Helena   +79 more
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No Increased Risk of Infection Following a Protocol Change to Decrease Duration of Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Liver Transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
There was no increased rate of surgical site infection or bacteremia in liver transplant recipients following a decrease in perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis duration, with a change from 2.4% to 2.8% in patients hospitalized prior to transplant and 7.5% to 2.9% in other patients.
Hutton Brandon, Crystal M. Truax, Eduardo Rodriguez Zarate, Brandon J. Tritle, Hannah Imlay   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mutant Prevention Concentrations of Imipenem and Meropenem against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii

The Scientific World Journal, 2014
The aim of this study was to determine the usefulness of the MPC of carbapenems against clinical isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. and to assess its possible relationship with mechanisms of resistance.
E. Dahdouh, S. H. Shoucair, S. E. Salem, Z. Daoud   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multidrug-ResistantAcinetobacterspp.: Increasingly Problematic Nosocomial Pathogens

Yonsei Medical Journal, 2011
Pathogenic bacteria have increasingly been resisting to antimicrobial therapy. Recently, resistance problem has been relatively much worsened in Gram-negative bacilli. Acinetobacter spp. are typical nosocomial pathogens causing infections and high mortality, almost exclusively in compromised hospital patients. Acinetobacter spp.
Lee, Kyungwon, Yong, Dongeun, Jeong, Seok Hoon, Chong, Yunsop   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

International survey of Cronobacter sakazakii and other Cronobacter spp. in follow up formulas and infant food [PDF]

, 2009
A coordinated survey for Cronobacter and related organisms in powdered infant formula, follow up formula and infant foods was undertaken by 8 laboratories in 7 countries in recognition of and in response to the data needs identified in an FAO/WHO call ...
Abdullah, Sani, Chap, J, Estuningsih, S, Forsythe, SJ, Gaspar, N, Hartantyo, SHP, Jackson, P, Jaradat, Z, Osaili, T, Park, J, Quintas, C, Shaker, R, Siqueira, R   +12 more
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From Lake Victoria to the Tap: Antibiotic Resistance and Pathogenic Contamination of Kisumu City Water Supply and Wastewater Network

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Waterborne diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pose mounting public health threats across sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly in rapidly urbanising regions dependent on untreated or poorly treated surface waters. This study applied shotgun metagenomic sequencing to characterise microbial communities, virulence factors and antibiotic ...
Oleg N. Reva, Anthony Sifuna, Francis Orata, Caroline Omolo, Jacob Stanley Iramiot, Mark C. Enright, Awelani Mutshembele, Jian Zhou, William A. Shivoga   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source