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Providing value to patients and providers via a pediatric statewide antibiogram in South Carolina [PDF]

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Objective: Antimicrobial stewardship has special challenges in particular populations and facilities, including pediatrics. We sought to augment the information available to antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) by created a cumulative statewide ...
Pamela Bailey, Kayla Antosz, Robert Daniels, Andrew B. Gainey, Anna Kathryn Burch   +4 more
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Beyond the Standard Antibiogram: Unveiling the Roles of pH and Salinity in Modulating Gentamicin Efficacy Against Escherichia coli in Urinary Tract Infections. [PDF]

Microbiologyopen
Modulation of the efficacy of gentamicin in urinary tract infections. ABSTRACT Urinary tract infections are highly prevalent diseases with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. This study investigates the influence of two key abiotic factors, pH and salinity, on the growth and antibiotic susceptibility of Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Pseudomonas
Rai A, Saoud MEE, Tabchouche N, Bendif H, Garzoli S, Mouni L.   +5 more
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Late-Onset Meningitis due to <i>Serratia marcescens</i> in a Preterm Infant: A Rare Sporadic Case Report From a Cambodian NICU. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Late‐onset neonatal meningitis due to Serratia marcescens is an uncommon but potentially life‐threatening healthcare‐associated infection in NICUs. We report a sporadic case in a preterm infant who developed fever on Day 17 of life after a prolonged hospital stay for feeding difficulties and neonatal jaundice.
Seng B, Im S, Bin S.
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Creating an electronic antibiogram using visualization software: Easily updatable and removes the need for yearly manual review

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Background: Previously, our hospital manually built a static antibiogram from a surveillance system (VigiLanz) culture report. In 2019, a collaboration between the antimicrobial stewardship team (AST) and the infection control (IC) team set out to ...
Ashley Dauphin, Christopher McCoy, Robert Bowden, Matthew Lee, Howard Gold, Ryan Chapin   +5 more
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AntibiogramDSM: a combined local antibiogram and educational intervention

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Objective: To describe the development of a combined local antibiogram and assess its utility in an educational intervention. Design: Retrospective analysis of a combined, multi-healthcare system antibiogram with an educational intervention and pre ...
Andrew R. Miesner, Benjamin Williamson, Amanda M. Bushman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detection of Salmonella spp. in exotic pigeons of North Kerala and its antibiogram [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2021
Pigeon breeding has transformed from being a mere hobby to becoming established as an industry. The increased trade of pigeons inadvertently invites the risk of dissemination of infections including zoonoses like salmonellosis.
Maria Elsa Mathews, R. L. Rathish, P. M. Deepa, K. Vijayakumar, Lijo John   +4 more
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Antimicrobial stewardship and antibiograms: importance of moving beyond traditional antibiograms

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2021
The rapid evolution of resistance, particularly among Gram-negative bacteria, requires appropriate identification of patients at risk followed by administration of appropriate empiric antibiotic therapy.
Kenneth P. Klinker, Levita K. Hidayat, C. Andrew DeRyke, Daryl D. DePestel, Mary Motyl, Karri A. Bauer   +5 more
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Clinical Profile of Patients and Antibiogram of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Central India

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2023
Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is a remarkable opportunistic pathogen responsible for a great proportion of hospital-associated infections and the high prevalence of resistance towards many classes of antibiotics makes the treatment challenging ...
Prashanth K. Guddeti, Harshada Shah, Ramanath Karicheri, Luxmi Singh   +3 more
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Antibiogram of urinary tract pathogens in a tertiary hospital in south-south Nigeria

Ibom Medical Journal, 2021
Background: Antibiograms represent the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of bacterial isolates in a given healthcare setting and guides the selection of empiric antimicrobial therapy.
Onukak AE, Udoette SB, Ekuma AE
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Possible Bacteria Pathogens Found in the Internal Surface of Ladies Handbags in Umuahia, Abia State, South-Eastern Nigeria

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research, 2020
Bacteria including the pathogenic species have been isolated from fomites, these organisms are sometimes multidrug resistant and are of public health concern.
Nwankwo, E. O., Okochi, D. I.
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