conclusions the study showed that hais were more frequent in elderly population predominately with respect to vap and infections by gram-negative pathogens. overall mortally was greater in the elderly group although the odds ratio for death was higher in younger patients and increased with every hai diagnosed. patients and methods retrospective analysis of all hospital-acquired infections (hais...

bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a serious problem and is increasing in prevalence world-wide at an alarming rate. the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of 1897 gram-positive bacterial isolates were evaluated. the minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of isolates which comprised staphylococcus aureus (927 isolates), coagulase-negative staphylococci (cns; 425 isolates), enterococcus f...

background the rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance, especially broad-spectrum antibiotics, resulted in the avid use of new potent antibiotics. ceftriaxone and ceftazidime, two third-generation cephalosporin, are usually used to manage complicated and uncomplicated infections. the use of cefepime in resistant infections is increasing gradually, which put this potent antibiotic at risk of re...

conclusion although all esbl producer gram-negative bacteria were sensitive to imipenem, piperacillin-tazobactam, and colistin, non-esbl isolates showed resistant pattern. interestingly, notable percent of mentioned resistant isolates were sensitive to nitrofurantoin. background resistance in enteric gram-negative bacteria is of a great concern and concise local data are lacking. objectives to ...