Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and Steven Johnson Syndrome (SJS) are entities that are theorized to have an immunological principle where the main role of antigen is given mainly by drugs, causing a cascade of immune reactions with the formation of substances that promote cell damage and death of kerat...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: The increase in the prevalence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in hospital settings has rapidly emerged worldwide as a serious health problem. METHODS: This review synthetizes the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant A. baumannii, highlighting resistance ...
ABSTRACT Introduction: The presence of Acinetobacter baumannii outside hospitals remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of multidrug-resistance (MDR) A. baumannii in the extra-hospital environment in Mthatha, South Africa and to investigate the frequency of carbapenemase-encoding ...
Introducción: El Acinetobacter spp. se ha convertido en un germen de gran relevancia clínica, resulta un verdadero paradigma de las infecciones nosocomiales multirresistentes. Objetivo: Caracterizar los aislamientos microbiológicos de Acinetobacter spp. en infecciones asociadas a la asistencia sani...
Abstract We report the occurrence in Brazil of the bla NDM-1 gene in Acinetobacter pittii, prior to the previously described first reports regarding the species Providencia rettgeri and Enterobacter hormaechei. Clinical isolates were investigated by polymerase chain reaction followed by bidirectional seq...
Abstract Introduction: The extensive use of antibiotics has led to the emergence of multi-resistant strains in some species of the genus Acinetobacter. Objective: To investigate the molecular characteristics of multidrug-resistant of Acinetobacter ssp. strains isolated from 52 patients collected betwee...
Abstract: New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) is a bacterial enzyme that renders the bacteria resistant to a variety of beta-lactam antibiotics. A 20-year-old man was hospitalized several times for surgical treatment and complications caused by a right-sided vestibular schwannoma. Although the pat...
Acinetobacter spp ha emergido como un importante germen
en unidades de cuidados intensivos y en pacientes críticos como los quemados. Objetivos: Evaluar las características epidemiológicas, clínicas y de evolución en pacientes admitidos en la unidad de quemados con infecciones
por Acinetobacter spp ...
Comparative in vitro activity of the combination sulbactam/cefoperazone and three broad-spectrum cephalosporins (cefoperazone, ceftazidime and cefotaxime) in hospital isolates of gram-negative bacilli
