Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospital-Acquired Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections

Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-negative Bacilli Isolated from Urinary Tracts Infections

Comparison of Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern in Hospital Versus Community-acquired Infections in Pediatric Patients

Background & Objective: Nosocomial infection is one of the most daunting challenges to the global health care system. The current study aimed to compare the antimicrobial resistance pattern in hospital versus community-acquired infections in pediatric patients in Besat Hospital, Hamadan, Iran. Materials & Methods: The current study was carried out on all patients with a hospital-acquired infec...

Gram-negative, hospital-acquired infections: a growing problem.

This issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology contains multiple articles focusing on the clinical and public health implications of infections by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii and their resistance profiles to commonly prescribed antimicrobials. The first five articles in this issue add to a g...

Evaluation of quinolone resistance in gram negative bacilli isolated from community- and hospital-acquired infections.

OBJECTIVE Gram negative bacilli are among the most important microbial agents involved in both hospital- and community-acquired infections. The quinolones are preferred antibacterial agents for the treatment of both community- and hospital-acquired urinary tract infections caused by gram negative bacilli because of their strong antibacterial effects, and because they can be administered both or...

Gram-Negative Bacterial Wound Infections

Acinetobacter baumannii is recognized as an emerging bacterial pathogen because of traits such as prolonged survival in a desiccated state, effective nosocomial transmission, and an inherent ability to acquire antibiotic resistance genes. A pressing need in the field of A. baumannii research is a suitable model strain that is representative of current clinical isolates, is highly virulent in es...