… resistant, while tigecycline resistance rates increased from 1.3% in 2010 to 6.6% in 2011. In
KFSHRC, resistance to tigecycline … , whereas in PSMMC tigecycline resistance was reported …

… resistance raises concern about tigecycline use for these infections. We describe a
carbapenemase-producing K pneumoniae evolving resistance to tigecycline … of tigecycline …

… and tigecycline resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from 2 hospitals in
Riyadh Region … Evolution of tigecycline resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae in a single patient. …

… assess bacterial resistance and annual antibiotic consumption at a tertiary hospital in Riyadh,
… For tigecycline, there was a decrease in the sensitivity of A. baumannii MDRO from 42% to …

… Sufficient clinical experience with tigecycline is lacking, and the FDA has approved its use
… are intrinsically resistant to tigecycline due to RND-type efflux pumps and tigecycline should …

… of tigecycline against gram positive and multi-drug resistant (… Khalid University Hospital
(KKUH) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. … is the main teaching hospital in Riyadh with 850 bed capacity. …

… to tigecycline, based on breakpoints of susceptible ≤2 mg/l and resistant ≧4 mg/l. Baadani
and colleagues Citation71 at Riyadh, found resistance rates to colistin and tigecycline of 1·8 …

… Conversely, the upward trend in resistant gram-negative organisms is worrisome and …
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming a global threat to public health. Antibiotic-resistant …

… Emergence of tigecycline resistance in 8 of our 10 isolates needs further investigations
and calls for continuous follow-up of its resistance rates in A. baumannii in our region. Al-Agamy …

… Nonetheless, our findings are much higher than those reported in several recent studies
in the region and other European and North American countries (35). These high resistance …