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 …

In the last decade, extended-spectrum cephalosporin and carbapenem resistant Gram-
negative bacilli (GNB) have been extensively reported in the literature as being …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of nosocomial infections worldwide. It can
produce a range of debilitating infections, have a propensity for developing antimicrobial …

Aminoglycosides are widely used to treat infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Genes
encoding aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes (AMEs), acquired by horizontal gene transfer …

Objective To assess the application of antibacterial agents, alongside pathogen prevalence
and Pseudomonas aeruginosa drug resistance, with the aim of understanding the impact of …

Methods Over a period of 8-month, a total of 284 respiratory tract samples were obtained
from patients diagnosed with respiratory tract infection while attending the Pulmonary …

Objective The aim of this study was to characterize molecularly multidrug-resistant (MDR)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates collected from burn center (BC) patients and …

Background: The emergence and spread of extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-
producing Gram-negative bacteria (GNB), particularly in Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter …

Background: Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDR P. aeruginosa) is known
as a serious threat to human health worldwide. Limited information is available concerning …

ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To determine the genetic diversity of MDR P. aeruginosa strains
isolated from burn and wound infections in Ahvaz, Iran, by ERIC-PCR. METHODS: From …