Impact of direct disk-diffusion testing on time to optimal antibiotic therapy
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023 We evaluated the impact of preliminary blood-culture antibiotic susceptibility testing on time to optimal antibiotic therapy in a cohort of 503 patients with monomicrobial bloodstream infections.
Tulip A. Jhaveri +3 more
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The Profile of Microbiological Pathogens in Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Diabetic foot, a main complication of diabetes mellitus, renders the foot susceptible to infection, and may eventually lead to non-traumatic limb amputation due to the deterioration of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Characterizing the pathogen spectrum and
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In vivo selection of resistant E. coli after ingestion of milk with added drug residues. [PDF]
, 2014 Antimicrobial resistance represents a major global threat to modern medicine. In vitro studies have shown that very low concentrations of drugs, as frequently identified in the environment, and in foods and water for human and animal consumption, can ...
Bicalho, Rodrigo Carvalho +3 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2021 Introduction: Urosepsis is life threatening, unless treated immediately. Empirical treatment with appropriate antibiotics lowers the risk of a poor outcome.
Anandhalakshmi Subramanian +5 more
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Whole-Genome Sequencing and Concordance Between Antimicrobial Susceptibility Genotypes and Phenotypes of Bacterial Isolates Associated with Bovine Respiratory Disease. [PDF]
, 2017 Extended laboratory culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing timelines hinder rapid species identification and susceptibility profiling of bacterial pathogens associated with bovine respiratory disease, the most prevalent cause of cattle ...
Abdo, Zaid +13 more
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The importance of gender-stratified antibiotic resistance surveillance of unselected uropathogens: a Dutch Nationwide Extramural Surveillance study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Few studies have been performed on urinary tract infections (UTIs) in men. In the present study, general practitioners (n = 42) from the Dutch Sentinel General Practice Network collected urinary samples from 560 male patients (≥ 18 years) suspected of ...
Casper D J den Heijer +4 more
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Di-san junyi daxue xuebao, 2021 Objective To establish a rapid phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility testing of Acinetobacter baumannii based on surfactant-propidium monoazide (PMAxx)-qPCR reaction system.
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The role of microbiology and pharmacy departments in the stewardship of antibiotic prescribing in European hospitals [PDF]
, 2007 This observational, cross-sectional study describes the role played by clinical microbiology and pharmacy departments in the stewardship of antibiotic prescribing in European hospitals.
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Evaluation of the Coverage of 3 Antibiotic Regimens for Neonatal Sepsis in the Hospital Setting Across Asian Countries. [PDF]
, 2020 Importance: High levels of antimicrobial resistance in neonatal bloodstream isolates are being reported globally, including in Asia. Local hospital antibiogram data may include too few isolates to meaningfully examine the expected coverage of antibiotic ...
Agarwal, R +6 more
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Limited association between disinfectant use and either antibiotic or disinfectant susceptibility of Escherichia coli in both poultry and pig husbandry [PDF]
, 2019 Background Farm disinfectants are widely used in primary production, but questions have been raised if their use can select for antimicrobial resistance.
De Reu, Koen +4 more
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