Epidemiology of β-lactamase-producing pathogens

K Bush, PA Bradford - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY β-Lactam antibiotics have been widely used as therapeutic agents for the past
70 years, resulting in emergence of an abundance of β-lactam-inactivating β-lactamases …

Klebsiella pneumoniae: Prevalence, Reservoirs, Antimicrobial Resistance, Pathogenicity, and Infection: A Hitherto Unrecognized Zoonotic Bacterium

Y Hu, J Anes, S Devineau, S Fanning - Foodborne pathogens and …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Klebsiella pneumoniae is considered an opportunistic pathogen, constituting an ongoing
health concern for immunocompromised patients, the elderly, and neonates. Reports on the …

Update on the epidemiology of carbapenemases in Latin America and the Caribbean

JC García-Betancur, TM Appel, G Esparza… - Expert review of anti …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Carbapenemases are β-lactamases able to hydrolyze a wide range of β-lactam
antibiotics, including carbapenems. Carbapenemase production in Enterobacterales …

Synergistic antibacterial effects of colistin in combination with aminoglycoside, carbapenems, cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, tetracyclines, fosfomycin, and …

JC Ontong, NF Ozioma, SP Voravuthikunchai, S Chusri - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Multidrug resistant Enterobacterales have become a serious global health problem, with
extended hospital stay and increased mortality. Antibiotic monotherapy has been reported …

Genotypic Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from an Egyptian University Hospital

MS Taha, MM Hagras, MM Shalaby, YA Zamzam… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Globally, Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) has been identified as a serious source of
infections. The objectives of our study were to investigate the prevalence of multidrug …

Potential cannabidiol (CBD) repurposing as antibacterial and promising therapy of CBD plus polymyxin B (PB) against PB-resistant gram-negative bacilli

N Abichabki, LV Zacharias, NC Moreira… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
This study aimed to assess the ultrapure cannabidiol (CBD) antibacterial activity and to
investigate the antibacterial activity of the combination CBD+ polymyxin B (PB) against Gram …

Genetic Diversity, Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern, and Biofilm Formation in Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID …

A Ghanizadeh, M Najafizade, S Rashki… - BioMed research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID‐19) are at risk for superadded infections, especially infections caused …

The Spread of NDM-1 and NDM-7-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Is Driven by Multiclonal Expansion of High-Risk Clones in Healthcare Institutions in the State of …

YC Rodrigues, ARF Lobato, AJPG Quaresma… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Carbapenem resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates is often related to
carbapenemase genes, located in genetic transmissible elements, particularly the bla KPC …

Novel Insights into blaGES Mobilome Reveal Extensive Genetic Variation in Hospital Effluents

D Conte, D Mesa, T Jové, CP Zamparette… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mobile genetic elements contribute to the emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant
bacteria by enabling the horizontal transfer of acquired antibiotic resistance among different …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacious antibacterial potency of novel bacteriophages against ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from burn wound infections

LR Torabi, NS Naghavi, M Doudi… - Iranian Journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods: Clinical samples were isolated from the hospitalized patient in burn
medical centers, Iran. Biochemical screenings and 16S rRNA gene sequencing were …