While the description of resistance to quinolones is almost as old as these antimicrobial
agents themselves, transferable mechanisms of quinolone resistance (TMQR) remained …

Previously, Staphylococcus epidermidis and other coagulase-negative staphylococci
isolated from the blood of hospitalized patients were often considered contaminants. Now …

The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action, Third Edition, represents a unique
approach to medicinal chemistry based on physical organic chemical principles and …

To determine risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by potentially
drug-resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas …

" As someone who has spent forty years in psychology with a long-standing interest in
evolution, I'll just assimilate Howard Bloom's accomplishment and my amazement."-DAVID …

Although small-colony variants (SCVs) of Staphylococcus aureus have been recognized for
many years, this phenotype has only recently been related to persistent and recurrent …

A codrug composition of at least two drug compounds covalently linked to one another via a
labile bond to form a single codrug composition, or ionically linked to one another to form a …

As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program, a total of 4998
strains of enterococci isolated from 1997 to 1999 were processed. The occurrence of …

A new group of potent antibacterial compounds, non‐iron metalloporphyrins (MPs), is
described. MPs possess a strong antibacterial activity against Gram‐positive bacteria, Gram …

Objectives To obtain information on the microbiology workload, etiology and antimicrobial
susceptibility of urinary tract infection (UTI) pathogens isolated in European hospitals …