Background: Nowadays, emergence of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales (CPE) throughout the world has become a public health problem, especially in countries with limited resources. In recent years, CPE of type O...
Persistent methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus(MSSA)bacteremia is usually defined as persistent bacteremia despite 7 days of appropriate antibiotic therapy.While nafcillin,cefazolin,or oxacillin are excellent ...
We present a case of ictal asystole in an 81-year-old female, with no prior history of epileptic activity, or cardiac history suggestive of arrhythmia, who suffered several seemingly unrelated epileptic and asystolic ...
Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) and/or AmpC enzymes combined with deficiency of porins OmpK35 and OmpK36 are important for the development of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. We characterized the cl...
Background Ertapenem has been demonstrated to be highly effective for the treatment of complicated infections. Theaim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of ertapenem with ceftriaxone.
Objective: To investigate the mechanism of carbapenem resistance and the occurrence ofplasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinants qnr and aac(6')-Ib-cr in a clinical isolate of Enterobacter cloacae. Methods...