Background Emergence of multi-drug resistant uropathogenic E. coli strains is an increasing problem to empirical treatment of urinary tract infections in many countries. This study investigated the magnitude of this problem in Jordan. Methods A total of 262 E. coli isolates were recovered from urine samples of Jordanian patients which were suspected to have urinary tract infections (UTIs). Al...

2. Pournaras S, Tsakris A, Maniati M, Tzouvelekis LS, Maniatis AN. Novel variant (bla(VIM-4)) of the metallo-β-lactamase gene bla(VIM-1) in a clinical strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002;46:4026–8. 3. Toleman MA, Rolston K, Jones RN, Walsh TR. Molecular characterization of VIM-4, a novel metallo-β-lactamase isolated from Texas: report from the CANCER surveillance ...

The purpose of this study was to detect carbapenemase genes in clinical isolates of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) obtained from patients admitted to Hua-Hin Hospital, Prachuab Khiri Khan Province, Thailand between January and December 2014. Screening of CRE was initially determined using disk diffusion method, and subsequently using modified Hodge test (MHT). Multiplex PCR was e...

Carbenicillin was introduced in therapeutics in 1967 and was especially useful, on its own or when associated with aminoglycosides, for the treatment of infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (23), a well-recognized nosocomial pathogen with intrinsic resistance to various antimicrobial agents and the ability to develop multidrug resistance (18). Nevertheless, an increasing frequency of P. ...

In Brazil, carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates are closely related to the São Paulo metallo-β-lactamase (SPM) Brazilian clone. In this study, imipenem-resistant isolates were divided in two sets, 2002/2003 and 2008/2009, analysed by pulsed field gel electrophoresis and tested for the Ambler class B metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) genes blaSPM-1, blaIMP and blaVIM. The results show a ...