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Successful Treatment of Acute Prostatitis Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli With Tigecycline Monotherapy [PDF]

, 2020
We present a successful treatment, with tigecycline monotherapy, of acute prostatitis caused by multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli harboring an NDM-1 carbapemenase along with a CMY-2 cephalosporinase and a TEM ...
Babouee Flury, Baharak, Buetti, Niccolo, Casanova, Carlo, Furrer, Hansjakob, Jent, Philipp, Livermore, David M, Lo Priore, Elia, Pelzer, Niklas   +7 more
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An Assessment of Siderophore Production, Mucoviscosity, and Mouse Infection Models for Defining the Virulence Spectrum of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae

mSphere, 2021
The pathogenic potential of hvKp strains is primarily mediated by a large virulence plasmid. The minimal set of genes required for the full expression of the hypervirulent phenotype is undefined.
Thomas A. Russo, Ulrike MacDonald, Sidra Hassan, Ellie Camanzo, Francois LeBreton, Brendan Corey, Patrick McGann   +6 more
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Multidrug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treatment regimens and patient outcomes: an individual patient data meta-analysis of 9,153 patients. [PDF]

, 2012
Treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is lengthy, toxic, expensive, and has generally poor outcomes. We undertook an individual patient data meta-analysis to assess the impact on outcomes of the type, number, and duration of drugs used ...
Alfredo Ponce-de-Leon, Andrea Benedetti, Carlos Pérez-Guzmán, Carlton Evans, Carole D. Mitnick, Chen-Yuan Chiang, Chi Chiu Leung, Christophe Lange, David Ashkin, Dennis Falzon, Dick Menzies, Domingo Palmero, Donald Enarson, Eward D. Chan, Geoffrey Pasvol, Giovanni B. Migliori, Giovanni Sotgiu, H. Simon Schaaf, Helen Cox, Hye-Ryoun Kim, Jae-Joon Yim, Jamie N. Bayona, Janice Westenhouse, Jennifer Flood, Jerome Robert, Jiehui Li, Joey Lancaster, Jose Peña, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Katherine Flanagan, Kathy DeRiemer, Kwonjune J. Seung, Leah G. Jarlsberg, Lena Shah, Lia D'Ambrosio, Madhukar Pai, Marcos Burgos, Maria G. Hollm-Delgado, Maria I. D. Quelapio, Maria L. Garcia-Garcia, Mario H. Vargas, Martie Van der Walt, Masa Narita, Matthew J. Strand, Melissa Bauer, Mercedes C. Becerra, Michael D. Iseman, Monika Avendano, Neel Gandhi, Nguyen Huy Dung, Payam Tabarsi, Philly O'Riordan, Pirett Viiklepp, Reuben M. Granich, Rita Banerjee, Robert van Altena, Rosella Centis, Salmaan Keshavjee, Sarah Royce, Sergey P. Mishustin, Seung-kyu Park, Shama D. Ahuja, Sonya S. Shin, Tae Sun Shim, Thelma E. Tupasi, Timothy H. Holtz, Tjip S. Van der Werf, Vaira Leimane, Vija Riekstina, Wiel C. M. de Lange, Wing Wai Yew, Won-Jung Koh, Yuji Shiraishi   +72 more
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Microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of TB. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: New diagnostic tools are urgently needed to interrupt the transmission of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Rapid, sensitive detection of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in sputum has been demonstrated in ...
Caviedes, Luz, Coronel, Jorge, Escombe, A Roderick, Evans, Carlton AW, Friedland, Jon S, Gilman, Robert H, Hollm-Delgado, Maria-Graciela, LaChira, Doris, Moore, David AJ, Oberhelman, Richard, Piñedo, Yvette, Salazar, Cayo, Sanchez, Eduardo, Saravia, Juan Carlos, Vivar, Aldo   +14 more
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Readmissions with multidrug-resistant infection in patients with prior multidrug resistant infection [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVETo determine incidence of and risk factors for readmissions with multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections among patients with previous MDRO infection.DESIGNRetrospective cohort of patients admitted between January 1, 2006, and October 1 ...
Babcock, Hilary M, Burnham, Jason P, Kollef, Marin H, Kwon, Jennie H, Olsen, Margaret A   +4 more
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Pseudomonas Endocarditis with an unstable phenotype: the challenges of isolate characterization and Carbapenem stewardship with a partial review of the literature

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2017
Background Pseudomonas endocarditis is exceedingly rare, especially in patients without predisposing risks. We present such a case that included unexpected switches in antibacterial resistance profiles in two Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) strains with the ...
Emil Lesho, Erik Snesrud, Yoon Kwak, Ana Ong, Rosslyn Maybank, Maryrose Laguio-Vila, Ann R. Falsey, Mary Hinkle   +7 more
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Household screening and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis [PDF]

, 2010
Of the estimated half a million people who develop multidrug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis each year, less than 7% are diagnosed and only 1 in 5 of these have access to eff ective treatment.1 To control this epidemic, dramatically increased efforts are ...
Becerra, Gilles van Cutsem, Helen Cox, Keshavjee, Lin, London, Mitnick, Mitnick, Morán-Mendoza, Rieder   +9 more
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Amplification of Aminoglycoside Resistance Gene aphA1 in Acinetobacter baumannii Results in Tobramycin Therapy Failure

mBio, 2014
Gene amplification is believed to play an important role in antibiotic resistance but has been rarely documented in clinical settings because of its unstable nature.
Patrick McGann, Patrice Courvalin, Erik Snesrud, Robert J. Clifford, Eun-Jeong Yoon, Fatma Onmus-Leone, Ana C. Ong, Yoon I. Kwak, Catherine Grillot-Courvalin, Emil Lesho, Paige E. Waterman   +10 more
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Biofilm-forming capability of highly virulent, multidrug-resistant Candida auris [PDF]

, 2017
The emerging multidrug-resistant yeast pathogen Candida auris has attracted considerable attention as a source of healthcare–associated infections. We report that this highly virulent yeast has the capacity to form antifungal resistant biofilms sensitive
Borman, Andrew, Johnson, Elizabeth M., Kean, Ryan, Ramage, Gordon, Rautemaa-Richardson, Riina, Richardson, Malcolm D., Sherry, Leighann   +6 more
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2008
With almost 9 million new cases each year, tuberculosis remains one of the most feared diseases on the planet. Led by the STOP-TB Partnership and WHO, recent efforts to combat the disease have made considerable progress in a number of countries. However, the emergence of mutated strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that are resistant to the major anti-
McNerney Ruth, Zager Ellen M
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