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Characterization and molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus strains resistant to beta-lactams isolated from the milk of cows diagnosed with subclinical mastitis [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2019
Background and Aim: The term ESKAPE, recognized by the WHO, is an acronym, which refers to the pathogens Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter spp., which is ...
Geziella Áurea Aparecida Damasceno Souza, Anna Christina de Almeida, Mauro Aparecido de Sousa Xavier, Lívia Mara Vitorino da Silva, Cintya Neves Sousa, Demerson Arruda Sanglard, Alessandra Rejane Ericsson de Oliveira Xavier   +6 more
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Triple oral beta-lactam containing therapy for Buruli ulcer treatment shortening. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
The potential use of clinically approved beta-lactams for Buruli ulcer (BU) treatment was investigated with representative classes analyzed in vitro for activity against Mycobacterium ulcerans.
María Pilar Arenaz-Callao, Rubén González Del Río, Ainhoa Lucía Quintana, Charles J Thompson, Alfonso Mendoza-Losana, Santiago Ramón-García   +5 more
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Disparities in antimicrobial consumption and resistance within a country: the case of beta-lactams in Argentina

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objective. To describe bacterial resistance and antimicrobial consumption ratio at the subnational level in Argentina during 2018, considering beta-lactams group as a case-study. Methods.
Silvia Boni, Gustavo H. Marin, Laura Campaña, Lupe Marin, Alejandra Corso, Soledad Risso-Patron, Fernanda Gabriel, Valeria Garay, Manuel Limeres   +8 more
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Patterns and outcomes of empirical antimicrobial use in elderly outpatients: A pilot observational study from North India

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics, 2022
Introduction: Despite the rampant use of antimicrobials in health-care settings, the safety and clinical outcome data of antimicrobials are scarce in the elderly population.
Bisweswar Ojha, Amit Singh, Sankha Shubhra Chakrabarti, Upinder Kaur   +3 more
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Barriers and facilitators for therapeutic drug monitoring of beta-lactams and ciprofloxacin in the ICU: a nationwide cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Recent studies demonstrated that failure of achieving pharmacodynamic targets of commonly used antibiotics is common in critically ill patients.
Tim M. J. Ewoldt, Alan Abdulla, Puck van den Broek, Nicole Hunfeld, Soma Bahmany, Anouk E. Muller, Diederik Gommers, Suzanne Polinder, Henrik Endeman, Inge Spronk, Birgit C. P. Koch   +10 more
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The Beta-Lactam Resistome Expressed by Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from Human Feces of Healthy Donors

Pharmaceuticals, 2021
Antibiotic resistance is a major health problem worldwide, causing more deaths than diabetes and cancer. The dissemination of vertical and horizontal antibiotic resistance genes has been conducted for a selection of pan-resistant bacteria.
Rosalino Vázquez-López, Sandra Solano-Gálvez, Diego Abelardo Álvarez-Hernández, Jorge Alberto Ascencio-Aragón, Eduardo Gómez-Conde, Celia Piña-Leyva, Manuel Lara-Lozano, Tayde Guerrero-González, Juan Antonio González-Barrios   +8 more
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Efflux pump, the masked side of beta-lactam resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
BACKGROUND: Beta-lactamase production and porin decrease are the well-recognized mechanisms of acquired beta-lactam resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates. However, such mechanisms proved to be absent in K.
Jean-Marie Pages, Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Véronique Leflon-Guibout, Estelle Marcon, Frédéric Bert, Latifa Noussair, Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine   +6 more
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High Activity of N-Acetylcysteine in Combination with Beta-Lactams against Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii

Antibiotics, 2022
Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate the in vitro activity of N-acetylcysteine (NAC), alone or in combination with beta-lactams, against carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-Kp) and Acinetobacter baumannii (CR-Ab).
Massimiliano De Angelis, Maria T. Mascellino, Maria C. Miele, Dania Al Ismail, Marisa Colone, Annarita Stringaro, Vincenzo Vullo, Mario Venditti, Claudio M. Mastroianni, Alessandra Oliva   +9 more
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A Study of Elevated Interleukin-8 (CXCL8) Detection of Leukocyte Migration Inhibitory Activity in Patients Allergic to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics

Allergology International, 2011
Background: The leukocyte migration test (LMT) is effective in identifying the causative drug in drug allergies. Both leukocyte migration activating activity (LMAA) and leukocyte migration inhibitory activity (LMIA) are involved in the development of ...
Manabu Abe, Motohiro Yagi, Yutaka Wakasugi, Hiroyuki Hattori, Katsuji Uno   +4 more
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Oral beta-lactam step down in bacteremic E. coli urinary tract infections

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Literature is scarce regarding oral step down to beta-lactams in bacteremic urinary tract infections. Oral fluoroquinolones are an accepted and common step down for bacteremic urinary tract infections; however, their use is associated with ...
Stephan Saad, Neil Mina, Colin Lee, Kevin Afra   +3 more
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