… β-lactamases (ESBL) and AmpC βlactamases in gram negative clinical isolates from four
tertiary care hospitals … and AmpC disk test for AmpC β-lactamases. A total of 272 isolates were …

Background: In 1995, β-lactam inhibitor combinations replaced third-generation cephalosporins
as empirical therapy in an effort to manage extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) …

The present study was undertaken to investigate the high incidence of multiresistant Gram-negative
bacilli causing neonatal septicaemia. Samples of neonatal blood from 728 …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to know prevalence of extended spectrum β-lactamase
(ESBL) in multi drug resistant (MDR) strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from …

… Index patients and their hospital contacts were recruited from 1 May 2008 … Hospital of Bern
(Bern, Switzerland), a 1033-bed tertiary-care hospital with a 30-bed mixed intensive care unit (…

… β-lactams have been the mainstay of treatment for serious infections, and the most active
of these are the carbapenems. Acquired metallo-β-lactamases … to hydrolyze all β-lactams, …

… β-lactamases producing Enterobacteriaceae is ever increasing, and limited studies have
reported investigating coexistence of β lactamases … organisms in our tertiary care. Nonrepetitive …

SUMMARY: The incidence of infection due to extended spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) …
The prevalence rate of ESBL in our hospital was 12.6%(38/300). IPT detected the most …

… These observations suggest that in our tertiary-care medical center, it may not be clinically
necessary or cost-effective at this time to institute additional testing on a routine basis to detect …

… This study was conducted at Milad Hospital, a tertiary care hospital with 1000 beds belonging
to The Social Security Organization, located in Tehran, Iran. From July 2005 to November …