Fatal Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Due to Aspergillus flavus in a Diabetic Patient.

abstract：:Primary infection with human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) commonly occurs at an early age in children, most often at 3 years of age, and is associated with childhood diseases, such as exanthema subitum, hepatitis, febrile convulsions, or encephalitis. However, the virus occasionally reactivates from its latent state in immun...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Kuwahara-Ota S,Chinen Y,Mizuno Y,Takimoto-Shimomura T,Matsumura-Kimoto Y,Tanba K,Tsukamoto T,Mizutani S,Shimura Y,Kobayashi T,Horiike S,Kuroda J

更新日期：2018-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Carbapenem-resistant Proteeae (CRP) is a group of multidrug-resistant (MDR) microorganisms that raise special treatment problems due to their intrinsic resistance to colistin. In this study, our aim is to provide a phenotypic and molecular characterization of the carbapenemases secreted by CRP strains isolat...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Rus M,Licker M,Musuroi C,Seclaman E,Muntean D,Cirlea N,Tamas A,Vulpie S,Horhat FG,Baditoiu L

更新日期：2020-12-31 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

abstract：Background:Bloodstream infection (BSI) caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae are potentially life-threatening related to poorer outcomes. Colistin is considered one of the last-resort treatments against human infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria. Therefore, emergence of stra...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Lin M,Yang Y,Yang Y,Chen G,He R,Wu Y,Zhong LL,El-Sayed Ahmed MAE,Feng S,Shen C,Wen X,Huang J,Li H,Zheng X,Tian GB

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Candida species, one among the opportunistic fungi, has become a common pathogen causing vaginal thrush and nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSIs). This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and antifungal susceptibility of various Candida species and slime production by Candida species in BSIs and vulvo...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Tulasidas S,Rao P,Bhat S,Manipura R

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs) are among the most frequent health-care-associated infections. In patients with cUTI, Pseudomonas aeruginosa deserves special attention, since it can affect patients with serious underlying conditions. Our aim was to gain insight into the risk factors and prognosis o...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Gomila A,Carratalà J,Eliakim-Raz N,Shaw E,Wiegand I,Vallejo-Torres L,Gorostiza A,Vigo JM,Morris S,Stoddart M,Grier S,Vank C,Cuperus N,Van den Heuvel L,Vuong C,MacGowan A,Leibovici L,Addy I,Pujol M,COMBACTE MAGNET WP

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The purpose of this study was to identify the common clinical presentations and the evidence on the presence of ageusia and anosmia as an emerging coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptom to better inform in both COVID-19 patients and clinicians. Patients and Methods:As part of a double-institutional collab...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Farah Yusuf Mohamud M,Garad Mohamed Y,Mohamed Ali A,Ali Adam B

更新日期：2020-07-29 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：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：Background:The timely and accurate diagnosis of infected nonunion is challenging, and there is a need for more efficient biomarkers. Previous studies have shown that fibrinogen plays an important role in mediating inflammation in bacterial infections and, therefore, could be a valuable biomarker for infected nonunion. ...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Wang XJ,Wang Z,Zhang ZT,Qiu XS,Chen M,Chen YX

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetracyclines have come a long way since they became available almost seven decades ago, with numerous enhancements allowing new agents to overcome bacterial mechanisms of resistance. However, these enhancements come with toxicities and pharmacokinetic disadvantages such as the gastrointestinal side-effects and poor o...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Burgos RM,Rodvold KA

更新日期：2019-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:An ultra performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method for the determination of selinexor was established to investigate the effects of isavuconazole, itraconazole and fluconazole on the pharmacokinetics of selinexor in rats, respectively. Methods:Twenty-four healthy male rat...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Li SL,Zhang Y,Cheng QS,Xin JZ,Dong ZQ,Qiu XJ

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

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：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：Introduction:β-lactam and fluoroquinolone antibiotics are usually used for the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) and extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from UTIs. Materia...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Azargun R,Sadeghi MR,Soroush Barhaghi MH,Samadi Kafil H,Yeganeh F,Ahangar Oskouee M,Ghotaslou R

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: There have been no reports in Bulgaria about quinolone resistance determinants among Enterobacter spp. Aims: To investigate plasmid and chromosomal quinolone resistance rates among 175 third-generation cephalosporin resistant Enterobacter spp. isolates (167 Enterobacter cloacae complex and eight Enterobact...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Markovska R,Stoeva T,Dimitrova D,Boyanova L,Stankova P,Mihova K,Mitov I

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Staphylococcus aureus is considered one of the major threats regarding food safety worldwide. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) strains in livestock, companion animals, and wild animals continue to be a potential risk to people working with them. Aim:The current research aims to investigate the potenti...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Hamza DA,Abd-Elsalam RM,Nader SM,Elhariri M,Elhelw R,El-Mahallawy HS

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceftaroline is an advanced-generation cephalosporin antibiotic recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of complicated skin and skin-structure infections (cSSSIs). This intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotic exerts potent bactericidal activity by inhibiting bacterial cell wall synthesi...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Hernandez PO,Lema S,Tyring SK,Mendoza N

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: The aim of this study was to use a network meta-analysis to evaluate the relative efficacy of various agents at preventing invasive fungal infections (IFIs). In this way, suitable prophylactic regimens may be selected for patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Methods: We conducted a sy...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Su HC,Hua YM,Feng IJ,Wu HC

更新日期：2019-05-15 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：:Purpose: The rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria and the lack of new therapies to eliminate them poses a major threat to global health. With the alarming rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), focus has now shifted to the use of the polymyxin class of antibiotics as the last line of defense for trea...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Krishnamurthy M,Lemmon MM,Falcinelli EM,Sandy RA,Dootz JN,Mott TM,Rajamani S,Schaecher KE,Duplantier AJ,Panchal RG

更新日期：2019-05-27 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：BACKGROUND:Biofilm formation inside inserted medical devices leads to their failure and acts as a source of refractory infections. The ultraviolet C (UVC) light is a potential therapy that can be used against the biofilm of bacterial pathogens. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the efficacy of sublethal dose of UVC light with an...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： El-Azizi M,Khardori N

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Infections, in particular with multidrug-resistant organisms, are a burden for inpatient and outpatient care and the whole community. The pathogens "roam" with patients and their relatives, forming an epidemiological bridge between different care facilities. Patients could play an important role in infection co...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Goerig T,Dittmann K,Kramer A,Diedrich S,Heidecke CD,Huebner NO

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Tuberculosis is a communicable disease that is a major cause of ill health, one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide, and the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, even ranking above human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV/AIDS). Objective:To assess the prevalence and associated risk factor...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Gebretsadik D,Ahmed N,Kebede E,Mohammed M,Belete MA

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:The aim of this study was to investigate the in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of clinically important Gram-negative bacteria from seven intensive care units in Taiwan in 2016. Materials and methods:In total, 300 non-duplicate isolates of Escherichia coli (n=100), Klebsiella pneumoniae (n=100), and Pse...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Liao CH,Lee NY,Tang HJ,Lee SS,Lin CF,Lu PL,Wu JJ,Ko WC,Lee WS,Hsueh PR

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) and its metabolic enzymes are important in several cellular processes related with virulence and antibiotic susceptibility. Accordingly, bacterial polyP synthesis has been proposed as a good target for designing novel antivirulence molecules as alternative to conventional antibiotics. I...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Campos F,Álvarez JA,Ortiz-Severín J,Varas MA,Lagos CF,Cabrera R,Álvarez SA,Chávez FP

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Raoultella ornithinolytica is an encapsulated Gram-negative, oxidase-negative, catalase-positive, aerobic, non-motile rod that belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family. This bacterium was initially classified in the genus Klebsiella as Klebsiella ornithinolytica, until the creation of the genus Raoultella in 2001. R. ...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Hajjar R,Ambaraghassi G,Sebajang H,Schwenter F,Su SH

更新日期：2020-04-15 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：: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