The diversity of definitions of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and pandrug-resistant (PDR) Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

ME Falagas, PK Koletsi… - Journal of medical …, 2006 - microbiologyresearch.org
Different definitions of the terms multidrug-resistant (MDR) and pandrug-resistant (PDR)
Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been used in the biomedical …

Antimicrobial Resistance in Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonas spp

A Lupo, M Haenni, JY Madec - Microbiology spectrum, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The nonfermenting bacteria belonging to Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonas spp. are
capable of colonizing both humans and animals and can also be opportunistic pathogens …

Risk factors for the isolation of multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a systematic review of the literature

ME Falagas, P Kopterides - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2006 - Elsevier
An understanding of the epidemiology of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter
baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections is necessary in order to develop …

Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii: resistance mechanisms and implications for therapy

AP Zavascki, CG Carvalhaes, RC Picao… - Expert review of anti …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii are major nosocomial pathogens
worldwide. Both are intrinsically resistant to many drugs and are able to become resistant to …

[HTML][HTML] Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

A Abbo, S Navon-Venezia… - Emerging infectious …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To understand the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii and
define individual risk factors for MDR, we used epidemiologic methods, performed organism …

Global Challenge of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

F Perez, AM Hujer, KM Hujer, BK Decker… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
We may soon be facing the end of the “antibiotic era.” The initial and seemingly unstoppable
success of antibiotics, the fruit of human ingenuity, has been countered by an escalation of …

Pandrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: the dawn of the post-antibiotic era?

ME Falagas, IA Bliziotis - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2007 - Elsevier
The evolving problem of antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae has led to the emergence of clinical …

Antibiotic resistance determinants in nosocomial strains of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

JK Mak, MJ Kim, J Pham, J Tapsall… - Journal of antimicrobial …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To investigate the presence of resistance genes in nosocomial multidrug-
resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from outbreak and sporadic settings …

[HTML][HTML] Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired …

AP Magiorakos, A Srinivasan, RB Carey… - Clinical microbiology …, 2012 - Elsevier
Many different definitions for multidrug-resistant (MDR), extensively drug-resistant (XDR)
and pandrug-resistant (PDR) bacteria are being used in the medical literature to …

Emerging broad-spectrum resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii: mechanisms and epidemiology

A Potron, L Poirel, P Nordmann - International journal of antimicrobial …, 2015 - Elsevier
Multidrug resistance is quite common among non-fermenting Gram-negative rods, in
particular among clinically relevant species including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and …