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Structure, Genetics and Worldwide Spread of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM): a threat to public health [PDF]

, 2017
Background: The emergence of carbapenemase producing bacteria, especially New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) and its variants, worldwide, has raised amajor public health concern.
Khan, Asad U, Maryam, Lubna, Zarrilli, Raffaele   +2 more
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Identification of Carbapenemase Enzymes in Clinical Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae Using Modified Hodge Test

مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2014
Background: Carbapenem antibiotics are a subtype of beta-lactam antibiotics, which can play an important role in the treatment of severe infections and multi-drug resistant bacteria.
Reza Kamali Kakhki, Fereshteh Shahcheraghi, Mohamad Mehdi Aslani, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani   +3 more
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Novel drug candidates against antibiotic-resistant microorganisms: A review [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
Antibiotic resistance is fast spreading globally, leading to treatment failures and adverse clinical outcomes. This review focuses on the resistance mechanisms of the top five threatening pathogens identified by the World Health Organization’s global ...
Jing-Sheng Lim, Yoke-Yen Chai, Wei-Xin Ser, Aniqah Van Haeren, Yan-Hong Lim, Tarshiiny Raja, Jhi-Biau Foo, Sharina Hamzah, Renukha Sellappans, Hui Yin Yow   +9 more
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Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria in Infected Wounds, Ghana, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Wound infections are an emerging medical problem worldwide, frequently neglected in under-resourced countries. Bacterial culture and antimicrobial drug resistance testing of infected wounds in patients in a rural hospital in Ghana identified no ...
Hauke Janssen, Iryna Janssen, Paul Cooper, Clemens Kainyah, Theresia Pellio, Michael Quintel, Mathieu Monnheimer, Uwe Groß, Marco H. Schulze   +8 more
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Rapid identification of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae: comparison of two cultivation methods [PDF]

, 2015
We evaluated the performance of chromID CARBA compared with direct plating onto MacConkey agar supplemented with meropenem disk (MCM) for the screening and detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) from rectal swabs. Sensitivity and
Barozzi, Agostino, Fregni, Sandra, Gargiulo, Raffaele, Giovanelli, Ilaria, Mucci, Anna, Pascuzzi, Maria Valeria, SABIA, Carla, Sarti, Mario, Zirilli, Maria Olga   +8 more
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Appropriate composites of cefoperazone–sulbactam against multidrug-resistant organisms

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2018
Chih-Cheng Lai,1 Chi-Chung Chen,2,3 Ying-Chen Lu,3 Tsuey-Pin Lin,4 Yin-Ching Chuang,2,5 Hung-Jen Tang4,6 1Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, 2Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan ...
Lai CC, Chen CC, Lu YC, Lin TP, Chuang YC, Tang HJ   +5 more
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Prevalence of multidrug-resistance and blaVIM and blaIMP genes among gram-negative clinical isolates in tertiary care hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2021
Background and Objectives: Carbapenems have been the choice of antibiotics for the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria. The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of carbapenemase (blaVIM and blaIMP ...
Mehraj Ansari, Subhas Chandra Aryal, Ganesh Rai, Kul Raj Rai, Susil Pyakurel, Bina Bhandari, Anil Kumar Sah, Shiba Kumar Rai   +7 more
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Activity of ceftazidime/avibactam against problem Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the UK, 2015-2016 [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Ceftazidime/avibactam combines an established oxyimino-cephalosporin with the first diazabicyclooctane β-lactamase inhibitor to enter clinical use.
Doumith, Michel, Hill, Robert, Hopkins, Katie L, Livermore, David M, Meunier, Danièle, Pike, Rachel, Staves, Peter, Woodford, Neil   +7 more
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Development and Evaluation of Multiplex PCR for the Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae

Annals of Clinical Microbiology, 2019
Background: The isolation of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) has become increasingly common. Continuous surveillance for these organisms is essential because their infections are closely related to outbreaks of illness and are ...
Bareum Gwon, Il Kwon Bae, Na Young Kim, Sae Am Son, Sunjoo Kim, Joseph Jeong, Jeong Hwan Shin   +6 more
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Phenotypic method for differentiation of carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae: Study from north India

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2012
Aims: Carbapenems are usually the choice of antimicrobials in infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae bacteria-producing ESBL (extended spectrum β-lactamases) and Amp C.
Priya Datta, Varsha Gupta, Shivani Garg, Jagdish Chander   +3 more
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