INTRODUCTION The objective of the present study was to analyse secular trends in antibiotic consumption and resistance data from a network of 53 intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS The study involved prospective unit and laboratory-based surveillance in 53 German ICUs from 2001 through 2008. Data were calculated on the basis of proportions of nonduplicate resistant isolates, resistance densi...

Background: The emergence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in intensive care units (ICU) makes treatment these infections very difficult. Objectives: This study aimed to survey the resistance phenotype, risk factors, and possible options for hospital-acquired (HAI) at ICUs a referral university hospital. Methods: Samples were prepared from ICU patients with HAIs. Pathogens isolated, prescri...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of healthcare associated infection especially in patients admitted to critical care units such as intensive care units (ICUs) and burn care centers (Moazami-Goudarzi et al., 2012) Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a non-fermentative gram negative bacterium, is widely distributed in nature, including hospital environment. P. aeruginosa is a ubiquitous micro-organi...

Three hundred and twenty-two (322) clinical isolates were collected from patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) at eight Swedish hospitals between December 1996 and December 1998. Of the isolates, 244 (76%) were Enterococcus faecalis, 74 (23%) were Enterococcus faecium and four (1%) were other Enterococcus spp. MICs of ampicillin, imipenem, meropenem, piperacillin/tazobactam, ciproflo...

multidrug resistant (mdr) bacteria are spread through the world which causes nosocomial infections, especially in intensive care unit (icu). this study aimed to investigate resistance pattern of pseudomonas aeruginosa and enterobacter cloacae isolated from patients in icu. during 2011-2012, 30 isolates for each p. aeruginosa and e. cloacae were collected from patients who acquired nosocomial in...