background and objectives: cystic fibrosis (cf) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease.  infections in these patients gene.are  mostly  caused  by  three  bacteria:  staphylococcus  aureus ,  haemophilus  influenza and  particularly  pseudomonas aeruginosa .  carbapenems including antibiotics are used to combat infections with pseudomonas aeruginosa . in recent years, carbapenems resistant s...

This study determined the mechanisms and patterns of antimicrobial resistance among the isolates obtained from different wards of a teaching hospital in the city of Mashhad in north-east Iran. Between January 2012 and the end of June 2012, 36 isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii were collected from different wards of Ghaem Hospital. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and epsilometer testing (E...

Carbapenem-resistant determinants and their surrounding genetic structure were studied in Acinetobacter spp. from neonatal sepsis cases collected over 7 years at a tertiary care hospital. Acinetobacter spp. (n = 68) were identified by ARDRA followed by susceptibility tests. Oxacillinases, metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs), extended-spectrum β-lactamases and AmpCs, were detected phenotypically and/or ...

Abstract Bacterial carbapenem resistance, especially when mediated by transferable carbapenemases, is of important public health concern. An increased number metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains isolated in a tertiary hospital Thessaloniki, Greece, called for further genetic investigation. The study included 29 non-repetitive resistant K. isolates phenotypically cha...