Abstract The Working Party makes more than 100 tabulated recommendations in
antimicrobial prescribing for the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) …

The increasing incidence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a global crisis to
healthcare, with longstanding antimicrobial agents becoming less effective at treating and …

Background: Previous evidence-based guidelines on the management of intra-abdominal
infection (IAI) were published by the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) in 1992, 2002, and …

Epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical effect of infections by multiresistant bacteria in
cirrhosis are poorly known. This work was a prospective evaluation in two series of cirrhotic …

The CIAOW study (Complicated intra-abdominal infections worldwide observational study) is
a multicenter observational study underwent in 68 medical institutions worldwide during a …

This paper reports on the consensus conference on the management of intra-abdominal
infections (IAIs) which was held on July 23, 2016, in Dublin, Ireland, as a part of the annual …

Rising rates of resistance to antimicrobial drugs among Enterobacteriaceae limit the choice
of reliably active forms of these drugs. We evaluated the evidence on fosfomycin as a …

Background. The occurrence of community-associated infections due to extended-spectrum
β-lactamase (ESBL)–producing Escherichia coli has been recognized as a major clinical …

The development of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative pathogens has been
progressive and relentless. Pathogens of particular concern include extended-spectrum β …

The bla ESBL and bla AmpC genes in Enterobacteriaceae are spread by plasmid-mediated
integrons, insertion sequences, and transposons, some of which are homologous in bacteria …