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Alergia a ß-lactámicos en niños
Allergy to Betalactams in children

Allergy to Betalactams is a widely suspected pathology, which is not regularly studied in Chile, leading to a misusage of antibiotics of other families. In this article a case report in a pediatric patient will be described, and a discussion about the studies needed for this pathology, and treatment wil...

Emergence of bla NDM-1 associated with the aac(6')-Ib-cr, acrB, cps, and mrkD genes in a clinical isolate of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from Recife-PE, Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The emergence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) is concernig because it reduces the antibiotic therapy options for bacterial infections. METHODS: Resistant and virulent genes from an isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae derived from a patient with sepsis in a hospital in Re...

Origanum vulgare L. essential oil inhibits the growth of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Plant products are sources for drug development against multidrug resistant bacteria. METHODS The antimicrobial activity of Origanum vulgare L. essential oil (OVeo) against carbapenem-resistant strains was assessed by disk-diffusion, microdilution (REMA-Resazurin Microtiter Ass...

Economic burden of inpatients infected with Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 17 (4), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the direct medical costs of drug therapy of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) infection patients in hospital-based context. Methods: A cost-of-illness study conducted with a prospective cohort design with hospitalized adults infected by KPC. Data collection was p...

Perfil de resistencia de microorganismos circulantes en una Institución Prestadora de Servicios de salud en el Departamento de Boyacá, 2018

Introducción. La resistencia bacteriana ha tomado importancia en salud pública, requiriendo estable-cer las relaciones existentes entre las infecciones, el manejo terapéutico y la expresión de los mecanis-mos de resistencia en microorganismos aislados en muestras hospitalarias. Objetivo. Reportar el...

Performance of rapid tests for carbapenemase detection among Brazilian Enterobacteriaceae isolates

Braz. j. microbiol; 49 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT The global emergence of carbapenemases led to the need of developing new methods for their rapid detection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the rapid tests for carbapenemase-producing and non-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Carbapenem non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae fro...

First identification of clinical isolate of a Novel "NDM-4" producing Escherichia coli ST405 from urine sample in Pakistan

Braz. j. microbiol; 49 (4), 2018

Performance of "RESIST-3 O.K.N. K-SeT" immunochromatographic assay for the detection of OXA-48 like, KPC, and NDM carbapenemases in Klebsiella pneumoniae in Turkey

Braz. j. microbiol; 49 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT In this study, the performance of the "RESIST-3 O.K.N. K-SeT" (Coris BioConcept, Gembloux, Belgium) immunochromatographic assay was evaluated in 132 Klebsiella pneumoniae comprising 102 carbapenem resistant and 30 carbapenem susceptible isolates. Genotypically known isolates of Gram negative bac...

Prevalencia de Escherichia coli, productora de BLEE en pacientes ambulatorios de la ciudad de Cuenca
Prevalence of Escherichia coli, ESBL producer in outpatients of the city of Cuenca

INSPILIP; 2 (2), 2018
Se analizó un total de 274 muestras de orina de pacientes ambulatorios que acudieron a los centros de salud 1, 2 y 3 de la ciudad de Cuenca durante el periodo comprendido entre mayo y junio del año 2013, con el fin de obtener al menos 100 muestras de orina con presencia de Escherichia coli. Se rec...