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Epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in a pediatric hospital in a country with high endemicity

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2019
Background: Little is known about epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in children. Aim of this study was to describe CPE epidemiology in a tertiary care pediatric hospital in Italy that admits patients coming from geographic ...
Elio Castagnola, Paola Tatarelli, Alessio Mesini, Ivana Baldelli, Daniela La Masa, Roberto Biassoni, Roberto Bandettini   +6 more
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Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Africa

Borneo Journal of Pharmacy, 2020
Carbapenems are regarded as unique among the β-lactam antibiotics due to their broad spectrum of activity and ability to resist β-lactamase hydrolysis.
Bashar Haruna Gulumbe, Olumide Ajibola
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β-lactamase producing enterobacteria isolated from surveillance swabs of patients in a cardiac intensive care unit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
There is a high incidence of infections caused by betalactamase-producing Gram-negative microorganisms in Brazil. These organisms are of clinical and epidemiological importance, since their mobile genetic elements facilitate cross-infection.
Marcia Regina G Vasques, Alexandre Ribeiro Bello, Cristiane da Cruz Lamas, Juarez Correa, José Augusto Adler Pereira   +4 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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In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility in clinical isolates of Enterococcus species

Salud Pública de México, 2003
OBJECTIVE: To describe the antimicrobial activity of several antimicrobial agents against 97 clinical significant isolates of Enterococcus spp. MATHERIAL AND METHODS: During a 2-year prospective study at Instituto Nacional de Pediatria (National ...
Calderón-Jaimes Ernesto, Arredondo-García José Luis, Aguilar-Ituarte Felipe, García-Roca Pilar   +3 more
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Detection of CTX-M-15 beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae causing hospital- and community-acquired urinary tract infections as early as 2004, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background The spread of Extended Spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) among Enterobacteriaceae and other Gram-Negative pathogens in the community and hospitals represents a major challenge to combat infections. We conducted a study to assess the prevalence and
Joel Manyahi, Sabrina J. Moyo, Marit Gjerde Tellevik, Faustine Ndugulile, Willy Urassa, Bjørn Blomberg, Nina Langeland   +6 more
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Role of procalcitonin in predicting etiology in bacteremic patients: Report from a large single-center experience

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2020
Background: Procalcitonin (PCT) is routinely used for an early recognition of severe infections and for promoting appropriate use of antibiotics. However, limited data correlating values of PCT with etiology of infection has been reported.
Matteo Bassetti, Alessandro Russo, Elda Righi, Elisabetta Dolso, Maria Merelli, Federica D’Aurizio, Assunta Sartor, Francesco Curcio   +7 more
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Comparison of susceptibility of Enterobacteriaceae causing community-onset urinary tract infection to isepamicin and amikacin by the disc diffusion method

Journal of Medical Sciences, 2014
Background: Enterobacteriaceae, common pathogens responsible for urinary tract infections are known to be susceptible to aminoglycosides. The emergence of resistant pathogens complicates antimicrobial regimen and becomes a challenge for clinicians.
Yung-Chih Wang, Ya-Sung Yang, Ti-Yin, Shu-Chen Kuo, Jung-Chung Lin, Feng-Yee Chang   +5 more
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The differentiation of Enterobacteriaceae infecting the urinary tract [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1963
Methods adopted in a routine bacteriology laboratory for the rapid identification of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from urine are described. The incidence of various bacteria causing infection in paraplegics after catheterization of the bladder is recorded, Klebsiella accounting for the ...
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Prevalence and risk factors of extended-spectrum B-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae in a general hospital in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2014
Objective: To estimate the prevalence and associated risk factors of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacte¬riaceae (ESBL) in King Khaled General Hospital, Saudi Arabia.Methods: A twelve -month retrospective study for the presence of ESBL ...
Amina Yousef Kandeel
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