Genetic Diversity of Schistosoma haematobium in Qena Governorate, Upper Egypt.

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：:Infections due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB), especially when carbapenem resistant, have been very difficult to manage in the last fifteen years, owing to the paucity of dependable therapeutic options. Cefiderocol is a siderophore cephalosporin recently approved by the Food and Drug Administr...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Giacobbe DR,Ciacco E,Girmenia C,Pea F,Rossolini GM,Sotgiu G,Tascini C,Tumbarello M,Viale P,Bassetti M,ISGRI-SITA (Italian Study Group on Resistant Infections of the Italian Society of Anti-infective Therapy).

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:The problem of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in health-care settings is growing worse. This study was conducted to investigate the rate of carbapenemase genes, antibiotic resistance, and virulence factors in carbapenem-resistant P. aeruginosa associated with hospital-acquired infections. Patients...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： El-Mahdy R,El-Kannishy G

更新日期：2019-11-07 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: The widespread use of antibiotics has resulted in a high incidence of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD); moreover, the AAD-associated mortality rates have also increased. The effect of combined antibiotic administration on AAD in critically ill patients was analyzed to assist in antibiotic selection for...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Ma H,Zhang L,Zhang Y,Liu Y,He Y,Guo L

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) is the administration of intravenous antimicrobial therapy to patients in an outpatient setting. It may be used for patients who have infections that require parenteral treatment but who are otherwise stable enough to not require admission as inpatients. OB...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Al Alawi S,Abdulkarim S,Elhennawy H,Al-Mansoor A,Al Ansari A

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis remains the world's second leading infectious cause of death, with nearly one-third of the global population latently infected. Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection is a mainstay of tuberculosis-control efforts in low-to medium-incidence countries. Isoniazid monotherapy has been the standard of care...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Norton BL,Holland DP

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Antifungal resistance and virulence properties of Candida albicans (C. albicans) are growing health problems worldwide. The present study aims to investigate the effect of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles and Nystatin on SAP1-3 genes expression in C. albicans isolates of females with Vulvovaginal Candidiasis (VVC...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Hosseini SS,Joshaghani H,Shokohi T,Ahmadi A,Mehrbakhsh Z

更新日期：2020-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:Respiratory viruses are important etiologies of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, the impact of different RVs on the outcomes of CAP is not well elucidated. This study aims to compare the clinical features and severity of influenza (Flu-p) and non-influenza respiratory viruses-related pneumonia (NIRV...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Chen L,Han XD,Li YL,Zhang CX,Xing XQ

更新日期：2020-10-08 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：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 and objective:Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is a common nosocomial pathogen, which developed multi-drug-resistance to different classes of antibiotics including carbapenems. This study examined ten common carbapenemase genes among 32 carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii clinical isolates recovered from...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： El-Badawy MF,Abdelwahab SF,Alghamdi SA,Shohayeb MM

更新日期：2019-10-03 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：:Streptococcus pneumonia is a rare cause of pyogenic sacroiliitis and osteomyelitis. A case of pneumococcal sacroiliitis and osteomyelitis is reported herein. The patient was a previously healthy 54-year-old man with a 3-day history of fever and a 3-week history of increasing right-side thigh pain. Computed tomography ...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Hadano Y,Chang B

更新日期：2018-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical performance of the BD Kiestra InoqulA automated specimen processing system with commonly encountered clinical microbiology specimens. Materials and Methods:Four types of clinical specimens (sputum, urine, normally sterile body fluids, and feces) were inocul...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Yue P,Zhou M,Zhang L,Yang Q,Song H,Xu Z,Zhang G,Xie X,Xu Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Neonatal sepsis (NS) is one of the leading causes of infant morbidity and mortality, but little is known about pathogen incidence and distribution in China. Methods:In this retrospective study (January 2012 to December 2016), culture-proven cases aged less than 28 days with diagnosed NS in the Guangzhou Wom...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Gao K,Fu J,Guan X,Zhu S,Zeng L,Xu X,Chang CY,Liu H

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This study aims to 1) describe the distribution characteristics of teicoplanin trough concentration (Cmin) and explore the related influencing factors and 2) evaluate the nephrotoxicity of teicoplanin in children. Patients and Methods:A cohort of children who were treated with teicoplanin intravenously were in...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Sun D,Zhang T,Mi J,Dong Y,Liu Y,Zhang Y,Zhang D,Wang T,Cheng H,Dong Y

更新日期：2020-11-12 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：:Despite intensive efforts to eradicate the disease, tuberculosis continues to be a major threat to Indian society, with an estimated prevalence of 3.45 million cases in 2006. Emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis has complicated eradication attempts in recent years. Incomplete and/inadequate treatment are the ...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Yashodhara BM,Huat CB,Naik LN,Umakanth S,Hande M,Pappachan JM

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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:Heteroresistance is a phenomenon that occurs in all bacteria and can cause treatment failure. Yet, the exact mechanisms responsible for heteroresistance still remain unknown. The following study investigated the mechanisms of imipenem-heteroresistance and -resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolat...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Xu Y,Zheng X,Zeng W,Chen T,Liao W,Qian J,Lin J,Zhou C,Tian X,Cao J,Zhou T

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:To investigate the occurrence and genetic characteristics of the blaIMP-26-positive plasmid from a multidrug-resistant clinical isolate, Enterobacter hormaechei L51. Methods:Species identification was determined by MALDI-TOF MS and Sanger sequencing. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by the ag...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Gou JJ,Liu N,Guo LH,Xu H,Lv T,Yu X,Chen YB,Guo XB,Rao YT,Zheng BW

更新日期：2020-02-20 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：Background:The emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) resulted in a worldwide devastating effect with a diagnostic challenge. Identifying risk factors of severity aids in assessment for the need of early hospitalization. We aimed to demonstrate, for the first time, the clinical, laborator...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Ramadan HK,Mahmoud MA,Aburahma MZ,Elkhawaga AA,El-Mokhtar MA,Sayed IM,Hosni A,Hassany SM,Medhat MA

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Candida spp. are a frequent cause of nosocomial bloodstream infections worldwide. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use patterns and outcomes associated with intravenous (IV) fluconazole therapy in intensive care units in Spain and Germany. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The research reported here was a prospective multicen...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Wissing H,Ballus J,Bingold TM,Nocea G,Krobot KJ,Kaskel P,Kumar RN,Mavros P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Escherichia (E.) coli can cause intestinal and extra-intestinal infections which ranged from mild to life-threatening infections. The severity of infection is a product of many factors including virulence properties and antimicrobial resistance. Objectives:To determine the antibiotic resistance pattern, t...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Abd El-Baky RM,Ibrahim RA,Mohamed DS,Ahmed EF,Hashem ZS

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Echinocandin antifungal agents have become the first-line therapy for invasive candidiasis (IC) in many countries. Despite their increasing use, resistance to this class of drug is, overall, still uncommon. Here, we report two patients from the People's Republic of China with IC, one with infection caused by pan-echin...

journal_title：Infection and drug resistance

authors： Xiao M,Fan X,Hou X,Chen SC,Wang H,Kong F,Sun ZY,Chu YZ,Xu YC

更新日期：2018-01-23 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：: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