Background During the last decade the resistance rate of urinary Escherichia coli (E. coli) to
fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin has increased. Systematic reviews of studies …

Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) possesses virulence traits that allow it to
invade, colonize, and induce disease in bodily sites outside of the gastrointestinal tract …

The ECO· SENS study is the first international survey to investigate the prevalence and
susceptibility of pathogens causing community-acquired acute uncomplicated urinary tract …

In Europe, antimicrobial resistance has been monitored since 1998 by the European
Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS). We examined the relationship …

The intense use and misuse of antibiotics are undoubtedly the major forces associated with
the high numbers of resistant pathogenic and commensal bacteria worldwide. Both the …

The percentage of faecal samples containing resistant Echerichia coli and the proportion of
resistant faecal E. coli were determined in three poultry populations: broilers and turkeys …

Urinary tract infection is one of the common infections in the Indian community. Distribution
and susceptibility of UTI‐causing pathogens change according to time and place. This study …

ABSTRACT The Infectious Diseases Society of America advocates trimethoprim-
sulfamethoxazole (SXT) as initial therapy for females with acute uncomplicated bacterial …

Background. Acute pyelonephritis is a potentially severe disease for which there are few
population-based studies. We performed a population-based analysis of trends in the …

During the 12-year period from 1993 to 2004, antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of 74,394
gram-negative bacillus isolates recovered from intensive care unit (ICU) patients in United …