The increasing trend of β-lactam resistance among Enterobacteriaceae is a worldwide
threat. Enterobacteriaceae isolates causing intra-abdominal infections (IAI) from the Study …

Objectives To investigate the antimicrobial resistance and assess the molecular
characteristics of β-lactamases (ESBLs, AmpC β-lactamases and carbapenemases) among …

OBJECTIVES: The Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) was
intended to reveal the evolving profiles of antimicrobial resistance among Gram-negative …

ABSTRACT Of 3,004 gram-negative bacilli collected from intra-abdominal infections in the
Asia-Pacific region during 2007, 42.2% and 35.8% of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp …

During 2008, the Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART) collected
2370 unique aerobic and facultative Gram-negative bacilli associated with intra-abdominal …

The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution and susceptibility of aerobic
and facultative Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) isolated from patients with intra-abdominal …

Objective: To investigate the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of extended-
spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaecae among patients in the United …

From 2002 to 2008, there was a significant increase in extended-spectrum beta-lactamase
(ESBL)-positive Escherichia coli isolates in European intra-abdominal infections, from 4.3 …

This study was conducted to investigate the epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility
patterns of Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) isolated from intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) in the …

Background Recently, the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms such as extended-
spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae has raised considerable …