Impact of concomitant nontuberculous mycobacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia shows wide-spectrum resistance to antimicrobials and causes various infections in immunocompromised or critically ill patients with high mortality. In this era of antibiotics resistance, a revival of old antibiotics is now featured. We examined the clinical usefulness of latamoxe...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Hagiya H,Tasaka K,Sendo T,Otsuka F

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. Although antibiotic therapy is usually effective early in the disease, relapse may occur when administration of antibiotics is discontinued. Studies have suggested that resistance and recurrence of Lyme disease might be due t...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Sapi E,Kaur N,Anyanwu S,Luecke DF,Datar A,Patel S,Rossi M,Stricker RB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Aim:Plasmodium falciparum malaria predominantly affects children residing in endemic areas. However, recently a significant number of Malawian adults, who otherwise should have attained some malaria-specific immunity, have been observed to succumb to either uncomplicated malaria (UM) or severe malaria (SM). In addition...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Munyenyembe AU,Gausi K,Hiestand J,Mallewa J,Mandala W

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of the spleen had already been established as a routine technique to treat splenic trauma and other diseases affecting the spleen before the anatomy, physiology, and function of the spleen were known in the mid-twentieth century. It is now widely accepted that the splenectomized individual is at increased risk...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Luu S,Spelman D,Woolley IJ

更新日期：2019-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The activity of the cationic antimicrobial peptide WLBU2 was evaluated against planktonic cells and biofilms of multi-drug resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae, alone and in combination with classical antimicrobial agents. Methods:Control American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) str...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Swedan S,Shubair Z,Almaaytah A

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here the first report of an OXA-181-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from the fecal specimen of a patient in China. The OXA-181-encoding gene blaOXA-181 was located on a 51 kb IncX3-type plasmid. Conjugation assay and whole-genome sequencing analysis revealed that this transferrable plasmid in the K...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Liu C,Fang Y,Zeng Y,Lu J,Sun Q,Zhou H,Shen Z,Chen G

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of polycationic antimicrobial peptides, polymyxins, due to adhesion to plastics is an important subject matter that influences in vitro susceptibility testing, including minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assays. This review reminds us that this issue can serve as a significant source of variation in the ...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Sharafi T,Ardebili A

更新日期：2019-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Surgical site infections (SSIs) are one of the most frequently reported hospital acquired infections associated with significant spread of antibiotic resistance. Purpose:We aimed to evaluate a bundle-based approach in reducing SSI at acute surgical intensive care unit of the Emergency Hospital of Cairo Un...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Wassef M,Mukhtar A,Nabil A,Ezzelarab M,Ghaith D

更新日期：2020-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Treatment-refractory Giardia cases have increased rapidly within the last decade. No markers of resistance nor a standardized susceptibility test have been established yet, but several enzymes and their pathways have been associated with metronidazole (MTZ) resistant Giardia. Very limited data are available r...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Saghaug CS,Klotz C,Kallio JP,Brattbakk HR,Stokowy T,Aebischer T,Kursula I,Langeland N,Hanevik K

更新日期：2019-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Raw meat is one of the commonly consumed traditional diets in Ethiopia. However, unhygienic processing and distribution practices are risky for contamination of meat leading to human infection. This study was conducted to assess the presence of multi-drug resistant E. coli with special emphasis on E. coli O1...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Sebsibe MA,Asfaw ET

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Management of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), the most common infection in patients on mechanical ventilation, should be tailored to local microbiological data. The aim of this study was to determine susceptibility patterns of organisms causing VAP to develop a treatment algorithm based on these fin...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Awad LS,Abdallah DI,Mugharbil AM,Jisr TH,Droubi NS,El-Rajab NA,Moghnieh RA

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Recurrent tuberculosis (TB) following TB treatment completion in HIV-infected individuals remains a major public health burden. We assessed the role of various risk factors in mediating the development of recurrent TB and subsequent resistance to antiretroviral therapy and anti-TB drugs. Patients and method...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Naidoo K,Dookie N,Naidoo K,Yende-Zuma N,Chimukangara B,Bhushan A,Govender D,Gengiah S,Padayatchi N

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The aim of this work was to identify a novel β-lactamase gene blaPAU-1 encoded on the plasmid of a clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate. Materials and methods:The clinical P. aeruginosa isolates were isolated from a hospital in southern China. Molecular cloning was performed to analyze the function of the r...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Wang J,Xu T,Ying J,Zhou W,Chen Q,Qian C,Zhu X,Shen K,Li P,Li K,Bao Q,Lu J

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main fundamental mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria comprises an effective change in the membrane permeability to antibiotics. The Gram-negative bacterial complex cell envelope comprises an outer membrane that delimits the periplasm from the exterior environment. The outer membran...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Ghai I,Ghai S

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Duodenoscopes have been widely used for both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedures. Numerous outbreaks of duodenoscope-associated infections involving multidrug-resistant bacteria have recently been reported. Plasma activated water (PAW) has been widely consid...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Bălan GG,Roşca I,Ursu EL,Doroftei F,Bostănaru AC,Hnatiuc E,Năstasă V,Şandru V,Ştefănescu G,Trifan A,Mareş M

更新日期：2018-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Plasmids of the incompatibility group X type 3 (IncX3) were described carrying various carbapenemase genes in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) worldwide and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well. To understand the driving force behind the emergence of such plasmids in the UAE, the relations...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Mouftah SF,Pál T,Darwish D,Ghazawi A,Villa L,Carattoli A,Sonnevend Á

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This research aimed to investigate the antibacterial activity and potential mechanism of luteolin against T. pyogenes. Materials and Methods:The broth microdilution method was used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of luteolin against various T. pyogenes strains. The potential mechanism...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Guo Y,Liu Y,Zhang Z,Chen M,Zhang D,Tian C,Liu M,Jiang G

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To develop a rapid EDTA-modified carbapenem inactivation method (reCIM) combined with modified rapid carbapenem inactivation method (mrCIM) to detect carbapenemase and distinguish metallo-β-lactamases from carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae in 4 hrs. Materials and Methods:The sensitivities and specificities ...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Wei Q,Sun J,Wang Z,Yan L,Zhang C,Xu X

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Raltegravir, the only integrase (IN) inhibitor approved for use in HIV therapy, has recently been licensed. Raltegravir inhibits HIV-1 replication by blocking the IN strand transfer reaction. More than 30 mutations have been associated with resistance to raltegravir and other IN strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs). Th...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Mbisa JL,Martin SA,Cane PA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Evaluate host and pathogen factors associated with mortality in those with hospital acquired infections (HAI) in a tertiary intensive care unit in Brazil. Methods:Observational and analytical cohort single center study in a general intensive care unit (ICU) in Northeastern Brazil between January 2016 and Aug...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Otero ML,Menezes RC,Ferreira IBB,Issa FL,Agareno G,Carmo TA,Arriaga MB,Fukutani KF,Pamplona Neto L,Agareno S,Filgueiras Filho NM,Akrami KM,Andrade BB

更新日期：2020-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Streptococcus pneumoniae is an important pathogen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We aimed at showing the recent changes in the epidemiology of pneumococcal diseases in patients with COPD, especially after the introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13). Methods:Fro...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Shoji H,Vázquez-Sánchez DA,Gonzalez-Diaz A,Cubero M,Tubau F,Santos S,García-Somoza D,Liñares J,Yuste J,Martí S,Ardanuy C

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:With the recommendation of World Health Organization (WHO) and as per the Ethiopian National Implementation Guideline, GeneXpert is used for rapid diagnosis of rifampicin (RIF)-resistant multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) from the suspected TB patients; however, there were limited findings in Ethiopia pa...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Zewdie O,Dabsu R,Kifle E,Befikadu D

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In Saudi Arabia, cross-border transmission of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains might be particularly fostered by high immigration rates. Herein, we aimed to elucidate the transmission dynamics of MDR-MTBC strains and reveal a detailed prediction of all resistance-co...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Al-Ghafli H,Kohl TA,Merker M,Varghese B,Halees A,Niemann S,Al-Hajoj S

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Ethiopia is one of the 22 high tuberculosis burden countries. In our country. there are limited published data to show the trend analysis of tuberculosis. Hence, we designed this trend analysis to fill the information gap in our study area. Institutional based retrospective cross-sectional study was employed...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Negash H,Legese H,Adhanom G,Mardu F,Tesfay K,Gebreslasie Gebremeskel S,Berhe B

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background and Objectives:Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health issue. The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB has further complicated the situation in the form of poor treatment outcomes and costs to individuals and health-care systems. We therefore aimed to measure the prevalence and associated risk facto...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Sambas MFMK,Rabbani U,Al-Gethamy MMM,Surbaya SH,Alharbi FFI,Ahmad RGA,Qul HKH,Nassar SMS,Maddah AKMA,Darweesh BAK

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:While MIC distributions and percent susceptibility for cefepime and ceftazidime are generally similar among Pseudomonas aeruginosa, we noted an increasing discordance in susceptibility favoring ceftazidime at our hospital. Quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was utilized to explore overexpress...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Laohavaleeson S,Lolans K,Quinn JP,Kuti JL,Nicolau DP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality rate for candidemia is approximately 30%-60%. However, prognostic factors in patients with candidemia have not yet been elucidated in detail. The aim of the present study was to analyze prognostic factors for candidemia using the mortality rate and Candida isolates of patients with candidemia. Seventy-fi...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Hirano R,Sakamoto Y,Kudo K,Ohnishi M

更新日期：2015-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Resistance mutation analogs to nucleos(t)ides have been described in treatment-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), with clinical implications. The aim of this study was to investigate primary resistance mutations and genotypes circulating in patients naïve to chronic hepatitis B, in the N...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Pacheco SR,Dos Santos MIMA,Stocker A,Zarife MAS,Schinoni MI,Paraná R,Dos Reis MG,Silva LK

更新日期：2017-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) belongs to the Group-A β-lactamases that incorporate serine at their active site and hydrolyze various penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems. Metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) are group-B enzymes that contain one or two essential zinc ions in the active sites a...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Urmi UL,Nahar S,Rana M,Sultana F,Jahan N,Hossain B,Alam MS,Mosaddek ASM,McKimm J,Rahman NAA,Islam S,Haque M

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:COVID-19 is an emerging disease all over the world and spreading at an unpredicted rate, resulting in significant influences on global economies and public health. Clinical, laboratory, and imaging characteristics have been partially described in some observational studies. Not enough systematic reviews on predictors ...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Aly MH,Rahman SS,Ahmed WA,Alghamedi MH,Al Shehri AA,Alkalkami AM,Hassan MH

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00