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The Carbapenems Issue

open access: yesSouthwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2018
The development of antibiotics remains one of the great advances in medicine. Antibiotics have saved countless lives. Unfortunately, the widespread use of antimicrobials has led to the development of antimicrobial resistance.
David Sotello   +2 more
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Carbapenems in clinical practice

open access: yesAktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ, 2019
Increasing frequency of infections caused by multi-drug resistant organisms is currently observed in the adult and pediatric population. It is the clinician’s responsibility to use wide-spectrum antibiotics when appropriate, where such a potent treatment
S.O. Kramarov, V.V. Yevtushenko
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Role of efflux pumps inhibitor in decreasing antibiotic resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary hospital in North India

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015
Introduction: The contribution of efflux systems to drug resistance in Enterobacteriaceae is becoming increasingly appreciated. This study phenotypically analyzed the role of efflux mechanisms in resistance to ertapenem, doripenem, and tigecycline among ...
Joel Filgona   +2 more
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Parenteral carbapenems [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Microbiology and Infection, 2008
Among the many different structurally distinct classes of beta-lactams, the carbapenem class is regarded as that which is most potent and which has the widest spectrum of antimicrobial activity. Rapidly bactericidal, and demonstrating time-dependent killing, carbapenemes have a spectrum of antimicrobial activity that includes Gram-positive and Gram ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Risk factors for hospital infections caused by carbapanem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016
Introduction: Acinetobacter baumannii is one of major causative agents of severe, life-threatening hospital infections (HIs), especially in intensive care units (ICUs).
Zorana M Djordjevic   +5 more
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Discrimination between Carbapenem-Resistant and Carbapenem-Sensitive Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains through Computational Analysis of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectra: a Pilot Study

open access: yesMicrobiology Spectrum, 2022
In clinical settings, rapid and accurate diagnosis of antibiotic resistance is essential for the efficient treatment of bacterial infections. Conventional methods for antibiotic resistance testing are time consuming, while molecular methods such as PCR ...
Wei Liu   +9 more
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Emergence of VIM-6 metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Alcaligenes faecalis clinical isolates in a hospital in India

open access: yesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013
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Atul Khajuria   +3 more
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Effect of Differences in the CLSI and EUCAST Criteria on the Interpretation of Enterobacteriaceae Sensitivity to Carbapenems

open access: yesАнтибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2021
Relevance: The two systems for determining the susceptibility of bacteria to antimicrobial drugs, CLSI and EUCAST, are recommended for use in the global system of epidemiological surveillance of antimicrobial resistance of the World Health Organization ...
L. A. Kornoukhova   +3 more
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Biapenem: Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics and the Place of The New Carbapenem In The Treatment of Severe Infections In The Hospital. Clinical Pharmacologists' Point of View

open access: yesАнтибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2022
A new carbapenem antibiotic — biapenem — previously used only in Japan and Southeast Asia, was registered in Russia in 2021. The article analyzes the antimicrobial, pharmacokinetic, and clinical characteristics of biapenem in detail, provides ...
S. V. YAKOVLEV, M. P. SUVOROVA
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The Impact of Acinetobacter baumannii Infections in COVID-19 Patients Admitted in Hospital Intensive Care Units

open access: yesBiology and Life Sciences Forum, 2023
Since the end of 2019, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally, affecting people worldwide.
Corneliu Ovidiu Vrancianu   +6 more
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