In accordance with the recommendations of, amongst others, the Surviving Sepsis
Campaign and the recently published European treatment guidelines for hospital-acquired …

Respiratory tract infections rank second as causes of adult and paediatric morbidity and
mortality worldwide. Respiratory tract infections are caused by many different bacteria …

Purpose: More than 1 million prostate biopsies are performed annually among Medicare
beneficiaries. We determined the risk of serious complications requiring hospitalization. We …

Background Infections by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are a global threat and
are particularly common in hospitals. This study was performed to assess the impact of …

Abstract Treatment of infections in the intensive care unit (ICU) represents a great challenge,
especially those caused by Gram-negative organisms. Rapid introduction of appropriate …

Background There is little clinical information about community-onset bloodstream infections
(COBSIs) caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli …

The treatment of serious bacterial infections is complicated by the fact that time to initiation of
effective antimicrobial therapy is a strong predictor of mortality. Therefore, therapy must be …

OBJECTIVES: To assess the risk factors antibiotic therapy and outcomes of multidrug-
resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) bacteremia in NICU patients. METHODS …

OBJECTIVE: To study the predictors of mortality among patients with multi-drug resistant
Gram negative (MDRGN) infections and the role of MDRGN bacteria in the outcome of such …

Escherichia coli is the leading cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs) caused by Gram-
negative bacteria. The increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains …