The increasing prevalence of chronic and hospital-acquired infections produced by
multidrug-resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa …

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a Gram-negative, biofilm-forming bacterium. Although
generally regarded as an organism of low virulence, S. maltophilia is an emerging multi …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is intrinsically resistant to a variety of antimicrobials and can
develop resistance during anti-pseudomonal chemotherapy both of which compromise …

Background Increasing rates of resistant and multidrug-resistant (MDR) P. aeruginosa in
hospitalized patients constitute a major public health threat. We present a systematic review …

Objective Multi and extensively drug-resistant (MDR and XDR), Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(P. aeruginosa) and Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) are two main causative agents …

This paper on the fluoroquinolone resistance epidemiology stratifies the data according to
the different prescription patterns by either primary or tertiary caregivers and by indication …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are becoming increasingly difficult to treat due to
intrinsic antibiotic resistance and the propensity of this pathogen to accumulate diverse …

Background The intensive care unit (ICU) admits critically ill patients requiring advanced
airway, respiratory, cardiac and renal support. Despite the highly-specialized interventions …

Objectives The purpose of the CANWARD study was to assess the antimicrobial activity of a
variety of available agents against 22 746 pathogens isolated from patients in Canadian …

ABSTRACT From January 2007 to December 2009, an annual Canadian national
surveillance study (CANWARD) tested 2,943 urinary culture pathogens for antimicrobial …