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KPC and VIM producing Enterobacter cloacae strain from a Hospital in Northeastern Venezuela

Invest. clín; 56 (2), 2015
An 83-year-old male patient is admitted to the central hospital in Cumaná, Venezuela with severe urinary infection, history of hospitalizations and prolonged antimicrobial treatments. A strain of Enterobacter cloacae was isolated showing resistance to multiple types of antibiotics (only sensitive to gen...

Avaliação antimicrobiana de extratos vegetais e possível interação farmacológica in vitro

A atividade biológica de plantas medicinais tem sido o alvo de intensa investigação científica, constituindo uma importante fonte de novos produtos biologicamente ativos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a atividade antimicrobiana interativa, in vitro, de seis extratos vegetais, sendo eles: caju...

Multiple antibiotic susceptibility of polyphosphate kinase mutants (ppk1 and ppk2) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 as revealed by global phenotypic analysis

Biol. Res; 48 (), 2015
BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is known to be a multidrug resistant opportunistic pathogen. Particularly, P. aeruginosa PAO1 polyphosphate kinase mutant (ppk1) is deficient in motility, quorum sensing, biofilm formation and virulence. FINDINGS: By using Phenotypic Microarrays (PM) we analyzed near 20...

Antitumor compounds from Streptomyces sp. KML-2, isolated from Khewra salt mines, Pakistan

Biol. Res; 48 (), 2015
BACKGROUND: Actinomycetes are gram positive bacteria with high G + C content in their DNA and are capable of producing variety of secondary metabolites. Many of these metabolites possess different biological activities and have the potential to be developed as therapeutic agents. The aim of the present s...

Hidradenite supurativa (acne inversa): revisão da literatura e relato de caso sobre o tratamento cirúrgico de lesão pré-esternal

Rev. bras. cir. plást; 30 (3), 2015
A Hidradenite Supurativa é uma doença crônica debilitante, estigmatizante e de difícil tratamento. A doença apresenta várias características clínicas, podendo ocorrer isolada ou simultaneamente em diversas localizações, geralmente simétricas, distribuídas na "linha do leite". Afeta a pele ond...

Infecciones graves por Staphylococcus aureus: características clínicas, sensibilidad antibiótica y uso de antimicrobianos. Serie de casos

Arch. argent. pediatr; 112 (4), 2014
La aparición de infecciones por Staphylococcus aureus (SA) meticilino-resistente (MR) de la comunidad es un problema de salud pública de variable magnitud en diferentes áreas geográficas del mundo. El debate acerca del tratamiento antibiótico empírico inicial permanece abierto. Nuestro objetivo es ...

Control de la utilización de antibióticos en los hospitales cubanos
Control of the use of antibiotics at the Cuban hospitals

Rev. cuba. farm; 48 (2), 2014
El Programa Nacional de Medicamentos1 en Cuba dicta pautas para el control de la ruta crítica del medicamento y por su carácter nacional indica qué hacer, pero no, cómo se hace. Se requiere entonces, aportar criterios que favorezcan los resultados en el control de cualquier prescripción. El dilema ...

Antibacterial activity of the Antarctic bacterium Janthinobacterium sp: SMN 33. 6 against multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria

Electron. j. biotechnol; 17 (1), 2014
Background The increment of resistant strains to commonly used antibiotics in clinical practices places in evidence the urgent need to search for new compounds with antibacterial activity. The adaptations that Antarctic microorganisms have developed, due to the extreme environment that they inhabit, prom...

Stress tolerant virulent strains of Cronobacter sakazakii from food

Biol. Res; 47 (), 2014
BACKGROUND: Cronobacter sakazakii is considered as an emerging foodborne pathogen. The aim of this study was to isolate and characterize virulent strains of Cronobacter sakazakii from food samples of Bangladesh. RESULT: Six (6) Cronobacter sakazakii was isolated and identified from 54 food samples on the...