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Hospital acquired fungal infections are defined as “never events”—medical errors that should never have happened. Systemic Candida albicans infections results in 30–50% mortality rates. Typically, adhesion to abi...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:41
Published on: 19 May 2017
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Bacteremia of unknown origin (BUO) are associated with increased mortality compared to those with identified sources. Microbiological data of those patients could help to characterize an appropriate empirical ...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:40
Published on: 19 May 2017
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Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are believed to be emerging tool against various infectious diseases including multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. In the present study, in vitro synthesis of AgNPs was optimized ...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:39
Published on: 16 May 2017
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The increasing burden associated with dengue in Latin America makes it essential to understand the community’s interest in acquiring vaccines, as an input to plan its introduction in endemic regions. The objec...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:38
Published on: 15 May 2017
Short report
Shigellosis is the most common cause of gastrointestinal infections in developing countries. In China, the species most frequently responsible for shigellosis is Shigella flexneri. S. flexneri remains largely une...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:37
Published on: 12 May 2017
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Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that increases the immunity against tuberculosis (TB), decreases the re-activation of latent TB and reduces the severity of active TB disease. Epidemiological studies on the ...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:36
Published on: 11 May 2017
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The objectives of this study were to characterize the diversity and magnitude of antimicrobial resistance among Staphylococcus species recovered from imported beef meat sold in the Egyptian market and the potenti...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:35
Published on: 10 May 2017
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Acinetobacter baumannii is known for nosocomial outbreaks worldwide. In this study, we aimed to investigate the antibiotic susceptibility patterns and the clonal relationship of A. bau...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:34
Published on: 10 May 2017
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Identification of the prevalence and spread of ESBL-mediated antibiotic resistance is essential especially in the hospital setting. It is for this reason, more and more studies are highlighting the importance ...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:33
Published on: 8 May 2017
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Colistin has been considered as a last-line treatment option in severe infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative pathogens. However, the emergence of the mobile colistin resistance gene (mcr-1)...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:32
Published on: 19 April 2017
Case report
Scedosporium apiospermum is an emerging opportunistic filamentous fungus, which is notorious for its high levels of antifungal-resistance. It is able to cause localized cutaneous or su...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:31
Published on: 14 April 2017
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:30
Published on: 13 April 2017
The original article was published in Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:15
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Hospitals provide a reservoir of microorganisms, many of which are multi-resistant to antibiotics. Emergence of multi-drug resistant strains in a hospital environment, particularly in developing countries is a...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:29
Published on: 12 April 2017
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The nasal cavity is the main colonization site of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in human body. Nasal carriage may be a strong risk factor for some serious infection. There was still limited information about ...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:28
Published on: 11 April 2017
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Babesiosis is a potentially life-threatening, tick-borne infection endemic in New York. The purpose of this study was to review recent trends in babesiosis management and outcomes focusing on patients, who wer...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:26
Published on: 11 April 2017
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Daptomycin has been reported to cause artificial prolongation of prothrombin time (PT) by interacting with some test reagents of PT. This prolongation was particularly prominent with high concentrations of dap...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:27
Published on: 11 April 2017
Short report
Suboptimal clinical response to fluoroquinolone (FQ) therapy has been clearly documented in patients with Salmonella typhi infection with reduced FQ susceptibility. However, the clinical impact of reduced FQ s...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:25
Published on: 8 April 2017
Review
Patients with bloodstream infections (BSI) are associated with high mortality rates. Due to tigecycline has shown excellent in vitro activity against most pathogens, tigecycline is selected as one of the candi...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:24
Published on: 5 April 2017
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, especially among children and the elderly. The ability to effectively treat pneumococcal infection has b...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:23
Published on: 4 April 2017
Case report
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is widely used for bowel cleaning in preparation for colonoscopy because of its safety. Septic shock after PEG preparation is an extremely rare complication. Herein, we describe a cas...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:22
Published on: 4 April 2017
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The rapid increase of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria are a potential health hazard. Development of antimicrobial resistance in animal pathogens has serious implications for human he...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:21
Published on: 31 March 2017
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Newborns are a population in which antibiotic consumption is extremely high. Targeted antibiotic therapy should help to reduce antibiotics consumption. The aim of this study was an assessment of antibiotic usa...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:20
Published on: 31 March 2017
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Carbapenem resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP) has aroused widespread attention owing to its very limited therapeutic options, and this strain has increased rapidly in recent years. Although it is accepted that drug r...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:18
Published on: 29 March 2017
Short report
Serratia marcescens is a Gram-negative bacterium with proven resistance to multiple antibiotics and causative of catheter-associated infections. Bacterial colonization of catheters mainly...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:19
Published on: 29 March 2017
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Typical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (t-EPEC) are known to cause diarrhea in children but it is uncertain whether atypical EPEC (a-EPEC) do, since a-EPEC lack the bundle-forming pilus (bfp) gene that encodes...
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2017 16:16
Published on: 23 March 2017
