The global prevalence of multidrug-resistance among Acinetobacter baumannii causing hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia and its associated …

SMS Lim, AZ Abidin, SM Liew, JA Roberts, FB Sime - Journal of infection, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this works was to assess the global prevalence of multidrug-
resistance among A. baumannii causing hospital-acquired (HAP) and ventilator-associated …

ESKAPE and beyond: the burden of coinfections in the COVID-19 pandemic

MÁ Loyola-Cruz, LU Gonzalez-Avila, A Martínez-Trejo… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ESKAPE group constitute a threat to public health, since these microorganisms are
associated with severe infections in hospitals and have a direct relationship with high …

Epidemiology and microbiological profile of common healthcare associated infections among patients in the intensive care unit of a general hospital in Kuwait: a …

W Alfouzan, R Dhar, NM Abdo, WQ Alali… - Journal of epidemiology …, 2021 - Springer
Background Patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are prone to develop
nosocomial infections due to Multidrug-Resistant (MDR) organisms. Inappropriate and …

Treatment and Management of Acinetobacter Pneumonia: Lessons Learned from Recent World Event

K Rangel, SG De-Simone - Infection and Drug Resistance, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Acinetobacter pneumonia is a significant healthcare-associated infection that poses a
considerable challenge to clinicians due to its multidrug-resistant nature. Recent world …

The incidence of healthcare-associated infections, their clinical forms, and microbiological agents in intensive care units in Southern Poland in a multicentre study from …

E Rafa, MZ Wałaszek, MJ Wałaszek… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Introduction. Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a serious problem of modern
medicine. Patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) develop HAI significantly more …

Can surgical site infections be controlled through microbiological surveillance? A three-year laboratory-based surveillance at an orthopaedic unit, retrospective …

I Pawłowska, G Ziółkowski, J Wójkowska-Mach… - International …, 2019 - Springer
Objective The aims of the study were to analyse the surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients
operated at an orthopaedic ward and to describe the drug-resistance of the aetiology of …

Extensive Drug Resistance of Strong Biofilm-Producing Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated from Infections and Colonization Hospitalized Patients in Southern …

T Kasperski, D Romaniszyn, E Jachowicz-Matczak… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) is a bacterium that causes infections, particularly in
immunocompromised patients. Treatment is challenging due to biofilm formation by AB …

Five-year surveillance and correlation of antibiotic consumption and resistance of Gram-negative bacteria at an intensive care unit in Serbia

R Popović, Z Tomić, A Tomas, N Anđelić… - Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A surveillance study was performed in an intensive care unit in the largest tertiary health
care center in Vojvodina, Serbia from 2014 to 2018. Antibiotic prescription data were …

Re-evaluating the suitability of using fluoroquinolones in the treatment of infections in the context of FQ consumption and correlating changes to microorganism …

P Serwacki, M Gajda, W Świątek-Kwapniewska… - Naunyn-schmiedeberg's …, 2024 - Springer
The aim of this study was to re-evaluate fluoroquinolone (FQ) use in treatment by analyzing
the consumption of FQ and the resistance levels of selected Gram‑negative bacilli, as well …

Microbiological and clinical characteristics of bloodstream infections in general intensive care unit: a retrospective study

HN Wu, EY Yuan, WB Li, M Peng, QY Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Bloodstream infections (BSI) are one of the common causes of morbidity and
mortality in hospitals; however, the pathogenic spectrum and bacterial antibiotic resistance …